War in Ukraine: Russian bridges and mobile pontoons destroyed, what is kyiv's goal in the Kursk region ?

Since August 6, 2024, Ukraine has been carrying out an incursion into Russian territory, in the Kursk region. While some localities are currently under the control of Volodymyr Zelensky's men, the objective of his army is not only to show a possible response.

Russia is struggling to counter the Ukrainian offensive that has been underway on its territory for several weeks. Already more than 1,200 km² are controlled by Volodymyr Zelensky's men, but this attack also causes significant damage, which is detrimental to Vladimir Putin's army, reports Geo.

Isolating the Kursk region ?

Since the beginning of the incursion, several bridges in "hard"were destroyed in Russia by the Yellow and Blue Flag Army. The goal is clear: “to cut off a large area of ​​Russian territory from the rear, thus disrupting the sending of reinforcements in men and equipment by Moscow”, the magazine explains, according to the words of the head of the armed forces Oleksandr Syrsky.

“The strikes on the bridges crossing the Seim River and the advance of Ukrainian troops towards the western bank of the river suggest that the goal is to take control of a portion of the Kursk oblast, south of the river", note Forbes.

According to Russian officials say Ukraine has damaged or destroyed at least three bridges across the Seim River since it began its offensive in western Russia on August 6, which allowed it to ;advance 28 to 35 kilometers into Russian territory.

But the men in the service of the master of the Kremlin have not said their last word. Mobile bridges have been installed, they are motorized floating bridges to be exact. But as soon as they were built, the Ukrainian army decided to bomb and destroy them, as well as the vehicles used to transport them, the magazine notes.

"The Ukrainian military confirmed on Wednesday that it used American-made Himars rocket launchers to destroy pontoon bridges and infrastructure in Russia's Kursk region", announces the news agency Reuters. These multiple bridge attacks allow Ukraine to prevent Russia from to be able to reorganize their logistics and thus be weakened in the face of the attack by Zelensky's men.