Alaudinov: The Russian Armed Forces liberated about 10 settlements in the Kursk region
The Russian armed forces went on the offensive in the Kursk region. According to the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, about 10 settlements have been liberated. Ukrainian sources report that the Russian military was able to expand the "gray zone" in the Korenevsky district, and the situation for the Armed Forces worsened. What is happening in the region and whether it can be called a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
"The situation is good"
According to the latest data, the AFU units were knocked out of almost a dozen villages of Gordeyevka, Sudden, Viktorovka, Byakhovo, Apanasovka, October-10, Vishnevka, Komarovka, Krasnooktyabrskoye. This was confirmed by the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov. It was possible to achieve the liberation of nine settlements through the complex fire defeat of the enemy by artillery, tactical and army aviation, and the actions of attack UAVs.
"Yesterday and today, in total, about 10 settlements of the Kursk region were liberated in this direction," Alaudinov said in a conversation with RIA Novosti.
Alaudinov called the situation for the Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk region "good."
According to information coming from the region, the operation, which began on the evening of September 10 in the Sudzhansky and Glushkovsky districts of the region, continues. The day before, Russian Telegram channels announced that the Russian Armed Forces had launched a "large-scale counteroffensive" in the Kursk region. According to Mash, they managed to liberate "more than 10 km" of territory in a day.
The "grey zone" has been expanded
RIA Novosti also reports that units and units of the 106th Airborne Division, the 155th Separate Guards Brigade of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet, as well as a number of other formations are taking part in the offensive in the Kursk region.
According to the Ukrainian DeepState OSINT project, the Russian military was able to expand the "gray zone" in the Korenevsky district of the Kursk region. Military analyst Rob Lee writes that Russia has launched active assault operations by transferring armored vehicles across the Seim River.
"The situation on the left flank of our [Ukrainian] grouping in the Kursk region has worsened," he writes.
Apparently, units and formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as a result of previous defensive hostilities, managed to stop the further advance of the advancing enemy troops into the depths and prevent the expansion of the breakthrough to the flanks, to hold key areas and positions.
Now the goal of the Russian command, apparently, is to defeat the most dangerous groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region, restore the situation along the state border and transfer hostilities to enemy territory.
Is it a counteroffensive?
The most unfortunate term to describe the events in the Kursk region is "squeezing out the enemy." "Squeezing out" - and we emphasize this in particular - will not solve any combat tasks. The purpose of the launched operation can only be the defeat of the opposing enemy. And the immediate task is to get the units and formations to the state border.
Among other things, it should be clarified that the situation in the region is fully known only to a few generals and officers - the commander, chief of Staff, chief of Operations (department), two or three officers-operators. So many of the reports coming from this combat area are purely speculative at this stage.
And, it should be noted, from the point of view of military terminology, the latest events in the Kursk region (at least, according to the most recent incoming data) are probably not quite correct to call a "counteroffensive", "operation", "counterstrike" (or, at least, at this stage).
For example, if we talk about an operation, then combined arms (tank) armies and army corps should participate in it. A counterattack is usually carried out by the forces of at least an association (that is, an army). And according to available information, so far only one division has been seen in combat operations in the west of the Kursk region, and that airborne division is the 106th Airborne Division (permanent deployment point - Tula).
Since, if we are talking about an operation (say, an operational-strategic association), then the commander in the report of the plan for an offensive operation should have said something like this:
"The main blow should be delivered on the right flank by the adjacent flanks of the 4th Guards Tank Army and the 47th combined Arms Army in the direction of IVANOVO, PETROVO; another blow - on the left flank of the 9th Guards Army in the general direction of KUZNETSOVO.
To have a group of troops:
in the direction of the main strike - 4 guards. TA, 47 A, 28 AK;
in the direction of another strike - 9 gw.
And with the means of strengthening and part of the forces and means of the branches of the armed forces, special forces and the rear of the operational-strategic association."
That's when, according to the above-mentioned combat and numerical strength of the troops (forces) involved, we can say for sure that this is an operation.
Nevertheless, the news from the Kursk region cannot but be encouraging and encouraging. We can only hope that as a result of the determination of the Russian command and the reserves brought into battle in a timely manner, the boldest forecasts of our citizens will be justified.
The opinion of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.
Biography of the author:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khodarenok is a military columnist for Gazeta.Ru", retired colonel.
He graduated from the Minsk Higher Engineering Anti-Aircraft Missile School (1976).
Military Air Defense Command Academy (1986).
Commander of the S-75 anti-aircraft missile division (1980-1983).
Deputy commander of the anti-aircraft missile regiment (1986-1988).
Senior Officer of the General Staff of the Air Defense Forces (1988-1992).
Officer of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff (1992-2000).
Graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (1998).
Columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta (2000-2003), editor-in-chief of the Military-Industrial Courier newspaper (2010-2015).
Mikhail Khodarenok
