Russia claims Kursk counteroffensive pushing back Ukraine forces
Al Jazeera
Moscow’s troops have retaken some 10 settlements, claims major general; no comment from Ukraine.
A senior military commander says Russian forces have launched a major counteroffensive in Kursk, claiming gains in some territory seized by Ukrainian forces last month.
Major General Apti Alaudinov, speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday, said the campaign has successfully pushed Ukrainian troops out of “about 10 settlements” they had captured in the western region.
“The situation is good for us,” Alaudinov, who commands Chechnya’s Akhmat special forces who are fighting in Kursk, was quoted by TASS as saying.
Alaudinov’s claims were echoed by several pro-Russian war bloggers reporting on the Russian counteroffensive in Kursk.
Influential blogger Yuri Podolyaka said Russian forces had taken several villages on the west of the sliver of Russia that Ukraine had taken, pushing Ukrainian forces to the east of the Malaya Loknya River south of Snagost.
