Experts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), having analyzed the collected data, confirmed the advance of Ukrainian troops in the Sudzha area of the Kursk Oblast of the russian federation.
"Ukrainian troops continued their small advance in the Sudzha area against the backdrop of Ukrainian operations ongoing in the Kursk Oblast on August 23," US experts noted.
Geolocation images published on August 22 indicate that Ukrainian forces have recently advanced further into the southern part of Ruska Konopelka (east of Sudzha).
A russian blogger claimed that Ukrainian forces also advanced north of Martynivka (northeast of Sudzha) along the P-200 Sudzha-Sukhodolovka route.
Russian sources also assure that there are conflicting reports of fighting to the east of Sudzha in the area of Samoryadovo and Kozyrevka settlements, but that mobile groups of Ukrainian troops are probably active in the area.
Some russian bloggers have stated that Ukrainian troops have also advanced north of Martynovka (northeast of Sudzha).
In addition, they noted that russian forces have retaken Spalnoe and Krupets (both southeast of Sudzha), although the situation in the area remains unclear.
According to russian bloggers, russian troops repelled a Ukrainian mechanized attack by the forces of a platoon near Aleksandrovka (northeast of Korenevo).
One of these bloggers claimed that on August 23, russian forces retook positions west of Korenevo, suggesting that Ukrainian forces had recently operated west of the settlement.
At the same time, russian sources testified that on August 22 and 23, fighting continued along the entire contact line in the Kursk Oblast.
Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said that the US is getting a "better understanding" of Ukraine's goals in the Kursk Oblast and noted that Ukraine wants to create a buffer zone in the Kursk Oblast.
Singh added that the U.S. is still working to determine how the buffer zone fits Ukraine's strategic goals, and that the U.S. continues to provide materiel to support Ukraine's needs on the battlefield.
She explained that the current U.S. restrictions on Ukraine's ability to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike military targets in the border areas with russia allow Ukrainian troops to fire back, defending against russian attacks across the border, including in the Kursk Oblast.
ISW Key Findings for August 23:
- Ukrainian troops continued a small advance in the Sudzha area against the background of the continuation of Ukrainian operations in the Kursk Oblast on August 23.
- Ukrainian officials continue to emphasize how Ukrainian forces can use tactical and technological advantages to offset russian material superiority.
- US President Joseph Biden announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine after a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on August 23.
- According to reports, on August 23, Ukrainian troops struck another drone strike at an oil depot in Proletarsk, Rostov Oblast.
- On August 23, prisoners associated with the "Islamic State" took hostage employees and other prisoners in the correctional colony in Surovykino, Volgograd Oblast.
- Russian "military" bloggers reacted to the hostage crisis by criticizing the russian penitentiary system and migration policy.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed support for peace in Ukraine based on India's participation in the July 2024 Ukraine Peace Summit and signed several bilateral cooperation agreements during his visit to Ukraine.
- Russian troops have recently advanced near Kreminna, Toretsk, Pokrovsk and Donetsk.
- Russian authorities continue to use conscripts to replenish human resources to participate in hostilities in Ukraine.
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