Russian troops launch offensive on Sudzha in Kursk Oblast - ISW
Russian troops continue to advance in the Kursk Oblast and have likely launched an offensive on Sudzha.
This was reported by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
It is indicated that geolocation data published on March 11 indicate that russian troops recently captured Bondarevka (east of Sudzha), Zamostya and Makhnovka (both southeast of Sudzha).
Additional geolocation data published on March 10 and 11 indicate that russian troops recently advanced to the center of Zazulyvka (north of Sudzha), to the southeastern outskirts of Kolmakov (southeast of Sudzha) and south of Kurylivka (south of Sudzha).
In addition, russian military sources stated on March 11 that russian forces had allegedly captured Kozacha Loknya (north of Sudzha) and that north of Kozacha Loknya and east of Sudzha, likely forcing Ukrainian forces to retreat from Kozacha Loknya and Knyazhye 2. Russian military bloggers claim that russian forces captured Kolmakov and Dmytryukov and advanced east of Sverdlikovo along the 38K-030 Koronevo-Sudzha highway.
They also claim that russian forces have advanced to the vicinity of Zaoloshenka (north of Sudzha) and that units of the 11th Airborne Brigade are advancing into Sudzha itself from Mirne (east of Sudzha). Russian forces continue to advance within Sudzha itself; north of Sudzha in the area of the settlements of Kozacha Loknya, Pivdenny, Kubatkino and Ivashkovsky; and also near the international border in the Sumy Region in the Zhuravka area. According to reports, units of the russian assault detachment Veteran (the so-called Volunteer Corps of russia) are operating east of Sudzha in the Myrne area.
In addition, the Chief of the russian General Staff, Army General Valery Gerasimov, visited a command post in the Kursk Oblast on March 11 and heard reports on russian operations in the area.
"Russian troops continue to conduct raids along the international border between the Sumy and Kursk Regions. Geolocation footage published on March 10 indicates that russian forces, probably a sabotage and reconnaissance group, have recently advanced southwest of Tyotkino," the ISW report said.
The assistant to the head of the Ukrainian border detachment said on March 11 that russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups are conducting operations along the international border in the Sumy and Chernihiv Regions. The Ukrainian military said that small russian infantry groups are trying to gain a foothold in unspecified areas of the Sumy Region, and that russian troops have recently intensified drone and artillery strikes on the border areas of the Sumy Region.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, according to the General Staff, on March 11 there were 259 combat clashes at the front, with the enemy attacking most of the time in the Pokrovsk (68 clashes) and Lyman (33 clashes) Axes, as well as in the operational zone in the Kursk Oblast (33 clashes).