More than 200 people were taken from Sudzha in the Russian region of Kursk, while Moscow carries out an intense air campaign to recover the area to Ukraine.
TO Russia announced on Friday that their forces had recovered another settlement in the region of Kursk previously in possession of Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense specified in a statement that had recovered the people of GoncharovkaIn addition to another 28 villages in the western zone of Kursk during the past week.
The Russian media released a video that shows images of drones in Sudzha To support recovery claims.
Sudzha, with a population of approximately 5,000 people before the offensive, was the largest city taken by Ukrainian forces last year as part of its surprise transfers.
The main military commander Ukrainian Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Thursday that Russian airplanes made many attacks against Kursk, adding that Sudzha was almost completely destroyed. kyiv claims to successfully repel about two dozen Russian attacks in the region.
The military chief did not comment if Ukraine still controlled the town, but said that Ukraine was “maneuvering troops for more advantageous positions.”
Kremlin states that Ukrainian forces have suffered great losses of military media in their counteroffent. The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense states that more than 260 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in Russian operations.
In addition, five armored personnel transport vehicles, two armor vehicles, four pieces of artillery, two mortars and three UAV control points on the front line in Kursk were destroyed.
More than 200 civilians were retired from their homes in Sudzha during the Russian offensive. Kremlin states that the evacuees were transferred to temporary shelters until the village is considered safe for civilians.
