The Ukrainian Special Forces show their fighting in the Russian region of Kursk

@DefAviation ES 8·19·2024 · 23:27 0

Thirteen days after the start of the Ukrainian offensive in the Russian region of Kursk, we have been able to see images of this operation.

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The footage was released this morning by Ukrainian Special Forces and shows several combat scenes in the Russian region, as well as their vehicles and also psychological operations to get the Russian soldiers to surrender. According to @intelligencefnt, messages can be heard broadcast through megaphones stating: "Russian Army Soldiers, Your Command has abandoned you. Come out one by one. Surrender. You will live." Very convincing messages, judging by the large number of prisoners being taken by Ukrainian forces in Kursk:

You can see below some screenshots from this video and some details of what we see in it.

Dandelions used by the Russians to hinder the passage of armored vehicles. The image shows them from the turret of a Humvee.

Ukrainian operators taking cover behind a Humvee. The vehicle is an M1151 in its armored version.

Ukrainian operators stand next to an industrial building. The first of them carries an American M249 Para light machine gun, the compact paratrooper version of the 5.56 mm caliber M-249 SAW.

A Ukrainian operator fires a Belgian FN40GL-S Mk1 40mm grenade launcher against an enemy position.

Two Ukrainian operators aiming at an enemy position with their assault rifles. Both are equipped with suppressors.

A Ukrainian operator firing his assault rifle hidden behind a door. Since late 2023, the Ukrainian Special Forces have been receiving new Ukrainian UAR-15 assault rifles, but the one in the picture I believe is not that model. The rifle in the picture has an optical sight (folded down), a red dot sight and a laser sight on the handguard, as well as a suppressor on its barrel.

Two M1151 Hummvees during combat. In one of them we can see the triangular white markings carried by the Ukrainian vehicles that are being used in this offensive in Kursk.

Another moment from the same combat. The Humvee gunner aims and fires a grenade launcher (I have not been able to identify the model). The vehicle's turret is equipped with a 12.7 mm Browning M-2 machine gun.

An explosion caused by the Browning M-2 machine gun fire from a Ukrainian Humvee. In the video, great care has been taken to blur any details that could provide information to the enemy, including the text on the machine gun's ammunition box, so that its origin is not known.

A Humvee M1151 in front of an industrial building defended by Russian soldiers. The video shows images of the assault on this building.