Ukraine Smashes Through Russian Lines, Advances 5KM into Kursk

A Precision Strike to Lock in Gains in Kursk Oblast

As I sat down to write this, one thought kept running through my mind — how would Western media have covered a Russian advance that punched through Ukrainian lines by more than five kilometers in a single day? The headlines would have screamed of collapse. Long stories would have dissected Ukraine’s mobilization troubles, rehashing every struggle from the past months. And, of course, they would have pointed out how Putin keeps advancing despite an economy that’s been teetering for months.

It would be yada, yada, and more yada. Somehow, they’d spin the narrative that the front lines are crumbling and that helping Ukraine is an uphill battle. That’s been the stance since the war began. Never mind that Russian casualties have skyrocketed fivefold in less than three years. Never mind that Kyiv hasn’t lost a single major population center since April 2022. Somehow, Ukraine is always the loser.

Whatever.

In less than 24 hours, Ukraine advanced more than five kilometers in Kursk Oblast. They broke through a key Russian offensive line near Sudza — a town I consider the anchor of the fight for Kursk Oblast. Ukraine refuses to lose it, and Russia is desperate to take it.

ISW has geo-confirmed the advance and the depth:

Ukrainian forces launched a new series of battalion-sized mechanized assaults in Kursk…