At least three brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are advancing in the Kursk region and risk falling into a cauldron - Forbes
One of the strongest brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 80th Airborne Assault, is participating in the offensive in the Kursk region, Forbes reports. According to the publication, at least three Ukrainian brigades numbering up to six thousand soldiers invaded the Russian region. technique NATO.
We are talking about the 22nd and 88th mechanized brigades and the 80th air assault brigade, which is considered “one of the most powerful, equipped and fast” in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It advances using Soviet and NATO equipment: T-64BV or T-80BV tanks, UR-77 mine clearance vehicles, IMR-2, BTR-80 engineering vehicles, wheeled American Stryker armored personnel carriers and German Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
All vehicles are additionally armored with anti-drone nets. Artillery, drones and air defense play an important supporting role. In total, there may be up to ten thousand Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in and around the invasion zone. All of them are in danger of falling into the cauldron.
If Ukrainian brigades get ahead of their artillery, air defense and logistics, they may find themselves alone and unarmed deep inside the Kursk region. Kyiv risks thousands of soldiers it cannot easily replace
- notes Forbes.
The publication indicated that the Ukrainian brigades are using NATO equipment in the offensive, in particular, American and German production.
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