Ukrainian elite forces spearhead invasion in Russia's Kursk region

For four days now, there has been an attack on the Kursk region in Russia. Kyiv has not officially confirmed its involvement, but there are a few doubts that its troops have entered Russia. Journalists from the American biweekly "Forbes" estimated that about 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers participate in the action. These soldiers belong to the most elite units, prepared for difficult and rapid attacks.

The journalists of "Forbes" analysed recordings that appeared online after the attack on the Kursk region. In one of them, published on Wednesday, you can see a T-64BV or T-80BV tank, UR-77 mine-clearing vehicles, an IMR-2 engineering vehicle, and BTR-80 and American Stryker wheeled armoured personnel carriers.

"Only the 80th Air Assault Brigade operates this mix of former Soviet and American vehicles," states "Forbes."

In another recording—shot in the Kursk region by a Russian drone—you can see a strike on the German Marder tracked combat vehicle.

According to "Forbes" journalists, not only the elite 80th Air Assault Brigade is participating in the attack on the Kursk region, but also the 22nd and 88th Mechanised Brigades. Each of them consists of approximately 2,000 soldiers.

"As hours pass, it becomes increasingly clear that what is happening in the Kursk region is not a raid: it is truly an invasion. The fact that the Ukrainians are committing significant resources to this invasion obviously does not guarantee success. There could be 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the invasion zone. The Russian Northern Group of Forces, which is fighting along the border zone, has about 48,000 soldiers. However, the Northern Group of Forces is stuck in Vovchansk, a Ukrainian border town, 145 kilometres southeast of Sudzha, a Russian border town that was the site of the Ukrainian invasion," reads the magazine's website.