As this publication reported earlier this morning, the Ukrainian attack into Kursk Oblast that began yesterday has intensified..By 0630 EST, initial reports indicated that Ukrainian infantry had captured the major gas measuring station in Sudzha, which was previously reported to have been damaged by shelling. After the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Sudzha became the last remaining point at which natural gas flowed from Russia to Europe through Ukraine after the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage..However, by 0800 EST, local media and eyewitness accounts from Sudzha reported that Ukrainian troops had captured the town. This announcement came after direct statements from President Putin, Moscow Mayor Sobyanin, and Kursk Oblast Governor Smirnov, who all confirmed Russian civilian casualties and refugees were flowing from the area..In previous Ukrainian incursions and even this one, UAF troops have only captured small settlements numbering no more than 1,000 people..Sudzha is a town and the administrative center of Sudzhansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudzha and Olyoshnya Rivers 65 miles southwest of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. It has a population of 5,127 people..A map showing gas transmissions into Ukraine through Russia prior to the February 2022 invasion. Sudzha is now the only gas transmission point still operating. Credit: IA Transmission System Operator..This is developing.
As this publication reported earlier this morning, the Ukrainian attack into Kursk Oblast that began yesterday has intensified..By 0630 EST, initial reports indicated that Ukrainian infantry had captured the major gas measuring station in Sudzha, which was previously reported to have been damaged by shelling. After the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Sudzha became the last remaining point at which natural gas flowed from Russia to Europe through Ukraine after the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage..However, by 0800 EST, local media and eyewitness accounts from Sudzha reported that Ukrainian troops had captured the town. This announcement came after direct statements from President Putin, Moscow Mayor Sobyanin, and Kursk Oblast Governor Smirnov, who all confirmed Russian civilian casualties and refugees were flowing from the area..In previous Ukrainian incursions and even this one, UAF troops have only captured small settlements numbering no more than 1,000 people..Sudzha is a town and the administrative center of Sudzhansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudzha and Olyoshnya Rivers 65 miles southwest of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. It has a population of 5,127 people..A map showing gas transmissions into Ukraine through Russia prior to the February 2022 invasion. Sudzha is now the only gas transmission point still operating. Credit: IA Transmission System Operator..This is developing.
