The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the transition to the control of the Russian troops of the settlement of Sudzha in the Kursk region, as well as two more settlements in this region.
“Units of the North Troops groups during offensive actions are released in the settlements of Melovaya, Podol and Sudzha,” – follows from the message.
Suda – the administrative center of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region. The city has been under the control of Ukrainian troops since August 2024, that is, after their invasion of the Russian Federation. The village was also located the Suda gas -measuring station – part of the Urengoy -Mara – Uzhgorod gas pipeline, according to which gas transit through Ukraine to the European Union countries.
In recent weeks, Russian troops have significantly activated their efforts in the Kursk direction.
On the eve of the Russian General Staff, Russia reported that over the past five days, 24 settlements and 259 square kilometers of the territory have passed under the control of Russian troops in the Kursk region.
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in turn, said that the command of the North Troops group reported to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about entering the final stage of the operation in the Kursk direction.
The night before, Putin visited one of the command posts in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation in military uniform. This was the first visit to the head of state of the Kursk region since the invasion of Ukrainian troops in the region in August 2024. The President of the Russian Federation set the task “as soon as possible” to finally defeat the enemy in the region and ensure the security zone.
Fierce battles between Russian and Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation lasted on August 6, 2024. The region has a federal emergency and who.