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Russia launched a counterattack at Kursk and claimed to have recaptured ten settlements.
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According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces may be planning to divide the territories occupied by Ukraine.
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According to the ISW, “the situation remains uncertain” and a larger counteroffensive could be in the works.
According to multiple reports, Russia claims to have recaptured ten settlements in Kursk, which could indicate that a counteroffensive is in the making.
Major General Apty Alaudinov, the commander of the Akhmat special forces unit fighting in Kursk, said Russian forces had repelled four Ukrainian attacks and destroyed groups of soldiers and equipment in more than a dozen locations in the region. Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday.
Alaudinov added that the Ukrainian forces, which suffered heavy losses, began to realize that the advance to Kursk would not be easy, the outlet reported.
Influential pro-Russian military bloggers Two Majors and Rybar also said that a major counteroffensive was underway, Reuters reported.
Business Insider was unable to independently verify the claims, and Ukraine has not commented.
Ukraine surprise attack Control of the western Russian region is now in its fifth week, with Ukraine claiming to have seized 1,300 square kilometres of territory.
But independent analysts from the Institute for the Study of War rated that Russian forces had retaken their positions east of the settlement of Zhuravli on Wednesday and had advanced to positions north and northeast of the village of Snagost, on the western edge of the salient.
They could not confirm the claims of several other pro-Russian military bloggers, nor the claim that Russia had secured Snagost itself.
“The scope, scale and potential prospects of Russian counterattacks on September 11 in Kursk Oblast are unclear and the situation remains volatile,” they wrote.
Russia is also deploying some of its more battle-hardened units, they said — a contrast to the young conscripts According to reports, Ukrainian troops clashed with…
According to the ISW, Russian forces may be planning to temporarily divide the territory Ukraine controls near Kursk in preparation for a larger attack.
“Russian forces may intend to cut off the Ukrainian salient and advance toward the international border southeast of Snagost,” the report said, in order to “complicate existing Ukrainian logistical routes and fire support positions closer to the international border before launching a larger-scale counterattack.”
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