Ukraine has launched a new assault into Russia's Kursk region, five months since Kyiv's surprise incursion into the same border area. Russia has been trying to force the Ukrainian troops out of its territory by sending in reinforcements, including the North Korean soldiers.
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00:00Ukraine launched a new assault into Russia's Kursk region five months after Kyiv's surprise
00:10incursion into Russia's border area.
00:13The first reports came in overnight on Sunday from Russian mill bloggers who said that Moscow
00:18troops came under heavy pressure.
00:21Russia's defence ministry later announced that its forces were repelling the attacks.
00:27The Russian statement said Ukraine attacked early in the morning near the village of Berdyn
00:32with two tanks, a mine-clearing vehicle and 12 armoured combat vehicles with paratroops.
00:39The Institute for the Study of War says Ukrainian forces resumed offensive operations in at
00:44least three areas within the Ukrainian salient in Kursk region and made tactical advances.
00:50Based on the Russian mill blogger's claims, Kyiv's troops conducted multiple attacks east
00:55and north-east of Sudzha as well as south-east of Korenevo.
00:59Geolocated footage published on the 5th of January indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced
01:04in Fylt, south-west and south of Berdyn and entered the southern part of the settlement.
01:11Kremlin-controlled Russian mill bloggers largely expressed concerns that the renewed Ukrainian
01:16effort in Kursk may be a diversionary effort and claimed that it is too early to determine
01:22whether these operations in Kursk could be part of a future main effort.
01:27Over the past few months, Russian forces have been trying to push Ukrainian troops out of
01:33its territory.
01:34Kyiv forces have allegedly lost up to half of the initially captured territory after
01:39Moscow sent more reinforcements to the area, including North Korean soldiers.