00:00Ukraine launched a new assault into Russia's Kursk region five months after Kyiv's surprise
00:10incursion into Russia's border area.
00:13The first reports came in overnight on Sunday from Russian mill bloggers who said that Moscow
00:18troops came under heavy pressure.
00:21Russia's defence ministry later announced that its forces were repelling the attacks.
00:27The Russian statement said Ukraine attacked early in the morning near the village of Berdyn
00:32with two tanks, a mine-clearing vehicle and 12 armoured combat vehicles with paratroops.
00:39The Institute for the Study of War says Ukrainian forces resumed offensive operations in at
00:44least three areas within the Ukrainian salient in Kursk region and made tactical advances.
00:50Based on the Russian mill blogger's claims, Kyiv's troops conducted multiple attacks east
00:55and north-east of Sudzha as well as south-east of Korenevo.
00:59Geolocated footage published on the 5th of January indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced
01:04in Fylt, south-west and south of Berdyn and entered the southern part of the settlement.
01:11Kremlin-controlled Russian mill bloggers largely expressed concerns that the renewed Ukrainian
01:16effort in Kursk may be a diversionary effort and claimed that it is too early to determine
01:22whether these operations in Kursk could be part of a future main effort.
01:27Over the past few months, Russian forces have been trying to push Ukrainian troops out of
01:33its territory.
01:34Kyiv forces have allegedly lost up to half of the initially captured territory after
01:39Moscow sent more reinforcements to the area, including North Korean soldiers.
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