The map of Kursk shows the “Grey Zone” of surrounded Russian troops

The forces of Moscow against the incursion of Ukraine into Russia were surrounded in an area of ​​the Kursk region, it was reported, as a map shows the latest state of play in the area.

Kiev launched a surprise push into the administrative division of the Russian oblast on August 6, Ukraine claims it had quickly captured about 500 square kilometers of territory.

Over the past week, Russia has responded by building around 35,000 troops into the area, according to Kiev’s estimates, with Moscow’s forces initially having some success on the left flank of the Kursk salient, which they say regain the ground.

But Roman Pogorilyi, the founder of the Ukrainian open-source intelligence outlet DeepState, told the RBC-Ukraine news agency that there is a “very interesting ‘gray’ area in the encirclement” and that Russian troops “I am surrounded.”

Pogorilyi said – according to a translation – that Russia’s fortunes were declining as his troops tried to counterattack.

“The situation is dynamic, and therefore everything changes hands here,” he added.

However, he said it was “too early to draw conclusions”. Newsweek contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment.

Emil Kastehelmi, an open-source analyst who follows the war with the Black Bird Group, said Newsweek that Russia had made some minor gains on the eastern flank, but did not succeed much beyond retaking a country.

“The Russians probably did not aim to recover the entire Kursk area with this operation, instead they wanted to improve their current positions. It is possible that more will follow in the future,” he said.

Ukrainian and Russian forces continued to advance in the Glushkovsky district while Kiev troops had begun to push towards Glushkovo and advanced south of the urban settlement of Korenevo where they are conducting attacks, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) citing geolocated footage and the Russian defense ministry.

Russian forces were able to re-establish a dirt road from Glushkovo to Korenevo, “thereby reducing the need for some of the temporary bridges over the Seym River,” Kastehelmi said. Newsweek.

“The new Ukrainian attacks on the border seem to be rather reactive – the timing makes me doubt that they had planned to start those at this time,” he said.

“The attacks have not had much significant success outside the immediate border areas and some small towns, at least not yet.

“Unfortunately, the Ukrainians are now a bit late, as the Russians have already managed to open the supply routes and are no longer dependent on temporary bridges.”