In recent developments, Russian forces have conducted a coordinated strike against a large gathering of Ukrainian reserve forces across the border from Russia’s Kursk Region. New video shared on social media by military bloggers reveals one such attack targeting a column of Ukrainian reinforcements south of the city of Sumy, approximately 40 kilometers from the Russian border.
The hostilities in the border areas of Russia’s Kursk have been ongoing since Kiev launched a major incursion earlier this month. As Ukrainian forces continue their attempts to push deeper into Russian territory, Moscow has sought to repel them while striking rear targets in Ukraine’s adjacent Sumy Region.
The new video that emerged on Saturday evening purportedly shows one such strike targeting the mentioned column of Ukrainian reinforcements south of Sumy. According to reports from Russian surveillance, the enemy’s rear reserves were discovered earlier in the day and allowed to accumulate in order to inflict maximum possible damage. The Telegram channel NgP_raZVedka was the first to share this footage.
The strike was reportedly launched at around 8 pm on Saturday when up to 20 vehicles clumped together along a 600-meter stretch of road. Surveillance drone footage reveals that Russian forces conducted a combined strike, first hitting the column with two ballistic missiles, presumably Iskanders, equipped with cluster and high-explosive fragmentation warheads. Following this attack, the Ukrainian forces were apparently pounded by a salvo from a multiple launch rocket system.
Although the Defense Ministry has not yet officially confirmed the latest strike, on Saturday morning, the Russian military reported the destruction of a “large warehouse with rocket and artillery weapons” in the same area. In a video released by the Russian military, it was stated that the location was struck by a ballistic missile launched from an Iskander-M system, with the military claiming that surveillance confirmed “prolonged repeated detonations” at the facility and its subsequent “complete burnout.