Border breakthrough and destruction of enemy defenses: General Staff showed the first hours of the operation in the Kursk region

Border breakthrough and destruction of enemy defenses: General Staff showed the first hours of the operation in the Kursk region

Kyiv  •  UNN

August 16 2024, 06:15 AM • 20316 views

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released a video of the first hours of the operation in the Kursk region on August 6, 2024. The key success factors were preparation, surprise, morale, and information silence.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed the first hours of the Defense Forces operation in the Kursk region on August 6, which will go down in the history of the Russian-Ukrainian war. At the initial stage, preparation, surprise, morale and information silence were decisive, the General Staff noted, UNN reports.

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"Mine clearance, border breakthrough, destruction of enemy defenses, aviation and artillery operations, prisoners. The first hours of the offensive operation of the Defense Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation on August 6, 2024. A day that will go down in the history of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Careful preparation, planning, surprise, morale and information silence were decisive at the initial stage of the operation," the General Staff reported on social media.

Recall

Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky reported on the establishment of a military commandant's office in the government-controlled territory of the Kursk region. Ukrainian forces reportedly took control of 82 settlements, advancing 35 km and controlling more than 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory.