（粵語）庫爾斯克行動開始影響整個戰場主動權，俄軍將付出大代價｜【 #軍事熱點】

The Ukrainian military is doing its best to expand its range of action and continue to launch attacks on special forces in Kyiv and advance to the southeast of the Soviet Union The latest geographical positioning camera released by social media shows Russian troops near the Soviet Union in the north of Maltinovka hit a Ukrainian armored vehicle proving that the Ukrainian military has advanced to the north of Maltinovka On August 18th Russian military spokesman said the Ukrainian military has captured Transnistria and advanced to Maltinovka The Russian Defense Ministry said the Ukrainian military has hit the Khorolnoyuk southwest suburb near Kormalovka the Khorolnoyuk northeast suburb as well as several areas near Ossetia, Greece and Bolhikov Another report showed that the Ukrainian military has entered the Ottomans on the banks of the Taita Gila and Tsaimu River Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech on Saturday night Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mikhail Zayev posted a geographical positioning video on August 18th showing the Ukrainian military attacking another bridge on the Tsaimu River in the Khorolnoyuk southeast suburb of Maltinovka causing damage to the bridge Russian military spokesman and opposition media said the same thing in response to the attack Some sources said the attack damaged part of the bridge while other sources said the bridge was too damaged to pass and added that there is only one bridge left on the Tsaimu River in Russia According to reports on August 16th the Tsaimu River in the Khorolnoyuk southwest suburb of Maltinovka had been destroyed by the Ukrainian military The destruction of the Tsaimu River was in line with Russia's strategic objectives According to Russian media the weapon used to attack the Tsaimu River was the海马斯火箭系统 provided by the U.S. Between August 17th and 18th the Ukrainian military struck a high-pressure oil tank in Rostov-on-Don near Poroshenko causing at least two explosions The oil tank was responsible for providing fuel to the Russian military The geographical location on August 18th showed that there were two huge smoke clouds near the oil tank Rostov Governor Vasily Korobyev said the Russian air defense forces had intercepted a Ukrainian drone and dropped a fragment which caused the fuel storage facility of the Poroshenko industrial warehouse to catch fire The Russian military responded with a laugh Korobyev said the fragment caused the fire and claimed that the fire was caused by the fragment The Russian local officials who did not admit the Ukrainian drone were called clowns On Sunday, Zalenskiy said during his visit to Rostov-on-Don that his military was working to build a buffer zone Zalenskiy said the main mission of our overall defense is to destroy Russia's potential for war especially to build a buffer zone Zalenskiy also emphasized that before fighting for more international support we must end this war fairly He said the next few weeks are very important for our diplomatic efforts in Europe, the U.S. and the South Pole Ukraine's invasion of Rostov-on-Don will continue to force Russia to mobilize troops from other places on the front lines of the Donbass With the development of Russian internal warfare it is possible to force Russia to invest more manpower and resources in the Kursk region According to a source familiar with Ukraine's actions in the Kursk region Russian troops from August 6 to 13 in about a week's time deployed a total of about 5,000 from the Kursk battlefield to Kursk Russia mobilized a fragmented 6th battalion which may refer to the People's Republic of Donetsk-Kursk War Research Institute observed that on August 8 Russia and other smaller Russian non-military forces from Donetsk-Kursk arrived in Kursk By August 15 the Russian 14th Army and the 200th Artillery Regiment arrived in Kursk The troops had been in Donetsk-Kursk for several months fighting near Krasnoyarsk Since Ukraine invaded Kursk more than 10 days ago Russia has been moving towards Kursk and re-deployed multiple troops with a total of more than 5,000 According to the War Research Institute the re-deployment of the Russian troops reduced Ukraine's offensive actions in Kursk and began to deter Ukraine from advancing into Kursk The Russian troops may also launch counterattacks in Kursk But it is not yet known when the Russian troops will be able to completely prevent Ukraine from advancing in Kursk Russia may launch counterattacks and may need to deploy more troops equipment and materials According to the War Research Institute and the sources familiar with Ukraine's actions about 6,000 Ukrainian troops are fighting in the Kursk Russia wants to block the Ukrainian troops in Kursk and may need more people or 20,000 people to take back the territory Russia needs to deploy more people and materials to launch continuous counterattacks and push the Ukrainian troops back to the border It will also depend on the Ukrainian troops to carry out operations in Russia No one can say for sure about this According to the War Research Institute Russian President Putin and his military command may maintain the initiative of the entire war zone as the strategic focus of the war on Ukraine Ukraine's invasion of Kursk and Russian troops' efforts in eastern Ukraine will also affect whether the Russian troops will be able to continue to take the initiative After the Russian troops took the initiative in November 2023 they carried out continuous attacks in the north-eastern Ukraine while trying to stretch the line of fire to the maximum extent to consume Ukraine's war resources Putin proposed a winning theory in Ukraine He believed that the Russian troops would be able to continue the offensive while preventing Ukraine from carrying out counterattacks with significant impact He believed that as long as Russia could maintain the initiative and prevent Ukraine from carrying out counterattacks with significant strategic significance Russia would be able to cause a decisive loss to Ukraine and at the same time provide the West with security assistance for Ukraine and make Ukraine's efforts to mobilize more resources more sustainable However After Ukraine successfully carried out the invasion of Kursk and took the initiative in the front-line areas things began to change The War Research Institute believes that Russia's insistence on fighting in eastern Ukraine was only an attempt to use this pressure to carry out limited territorial goals and not to have a more significant impact on the entire war zone On the contrary Ukrainian officials clearly stated that Ukraine's Kursk operation did not have a long-term territorial goal but was intended to create a strategic pressure on the Russian troops in the entire war zone Its purpose was to protect itself while avoiding Russian attacks and force the Russian troops to re-deploy troops from other war zones and make Russia's logistics complicated Ukraine's Kursk operation did not have a clear territorial goal nor did it have the resources to invest to support the Kursk operation Therefore, Ukraine's Kursk operation did not have a clear territorial goal but it was a successful invasion of Ukraine The War Research Institute states that Ukraine's Kursk operation had created strategic and tactical pressure on the Russian troops in the entire war zone and the subsequent Russian-Ukrainian war might have brought greater problems to Putin and the Russian troops Ukraine's invasion of Kursk had forced Russia to re-deploy 11 more battalions to Kursk and to deploy more Russian troops Russia's deployment of troops to Kursk was supposed to be used for the war resources but it forced the Russian troops to use other parts of the war zone Putin's attempt to restore Kursk's territorial will is getting bigger and Russia's situation in the entire war zone is getting worse