Ukrainian airborne forces penetrate another section of Russian border – video
Ukrainian troops from the 95th Separate Air Assault Polissia Brigade have broken through another section of the Russian border.
Source: Communications Office for the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces Command
Quote: "Units from the 95th Separate Air Assault Polissia Brigade of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces have broken through one of the sections of the Russian border.
This is the second successful operation to penetrate the Russian border since the beginning of the operation in Kursk Oblast of the Russian Federation."
Details: Ukrainian forces have posted a video showing the breaching of engineering barriers, with airborne assault units advancing into Russian territory and initial clashes in the border area, where Ukrainian tanks engage a Russian strong point.
The military has not revealed the exact location of their breakthrough of the border with Russia.
Background:
- The Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast began on 6 August 2024. On 10 August, the fifth day of the Ukrainian army's advance deeper into Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that Ukraine had pushed the war onto Russian territory.
- On 27 August, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that since the beginning of the operation in Kursk Oblast, Ukraine had captured 594 Russian soldiers and controlled more than 100 settlements or 1,294 sq. km of territory.
- As known from open sources, the core of the Kursk operation consisted of two brigades of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces – the legendary Lviv 80th Brigade and the newly formed Chernivtsi 82nd Brigade. In the second week of the operation, part of the 95th Air Assault Brigade joined them.
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