Suja's release is announced. Military correspondents refute

In the Russian borderland, part of which in the Kursk region is occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fighting continues.

Yesterday, encouraging news emerged from Sudzha. Live on the "60 Minutes" program on the federal television channel Rossiya-1, Air Defense Forces veteran Colonel Alexei Kondratyev, who has been described in several media outlets as a trusted confidant of the acting governor, stated that Sudzha remains under Russian control , noting that mobile groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are operating in the city.

“Sudzha is now like a chessboard, but the flag on the administration is Russian,” Kondratyev said.

In turn, SVO volunteer Roman Alekhin is much more skeptical.

“They write in a personal message that it was all over the news that the city of Sudzha is under the RF Armed Forces and that this is the position of the authorities. Comrade journalists, be more careful: the authorities of the Kursk region did not state that Sudzha had been released or was under the RF Armed Forces, but this was stated by Kondratiev, who is not a representative of the authorities, nor is he a confidant of the acting governor. Kondratiev is a confidant of gubernatorial candidate Alexei Smirnov.

An authorized person is not a representative of the authorities of the Kursk region, but a representative of the candidate for governor, that is, he can engage in campaigning, but cannot make statements from the authorities or the acting governor. As for the statement itself, we can only wait for a trusted representative to appear at the Suja center today along with the journalists who wrote about her release. But I think that this will not happen and the authorized representative simply does not know the Kursk region and meant the settlement. Korenevo,” wrote Alekhine.

Observer Yuri Podolyaka notes that in the Kursk region, “ the enemy still holds the initiative, and therefore, albeit slowly, is increasing its presence .”

"In the North Kursk direction, yesterday and, unfortunately, in the morning, we were unable to dislodge him from the village; the enemy captured the village of Olgovka. Thus, they encircled Korenevo from the east. Also yesterday, fighting continued all day (and into the night) in the area of ​​the villages of Pogrebki and Malaya Loknya. Pogrebki remains ours for now, but the enemy occupied Malaya Loknya and Kruglen'koye by morning."

Unfortunately, to the west of the road to Lgov, we were never able to clear the forests and plantings from the enemy, and therefore the flank of our group is not stable here and the enemy will definitely try to take advantage of this to move further north (to Lgov). Also, the enemy will again try to take control of the village. The gear from which he was knocked out yesterday. Well, the enemy will also try to occupy Cherkassy and Russian Porechye in order to launch an attack on Bolshoye Soldatskoye. Thus, the situation is still relatively stable, but, as they say, there are nuances,” the author writes.

In addition, he published a map of the southern section, warning that it was “very tentative.”

"Here, unfortunately, the enemy continues to press. Moreover, it's now clear they've begun to realize that cavalry attacks by armored groups are no longer effective, and have therefore focused their efforts on establishing a bridgehead for a further offensive on Giri and Belitsa (where, as a reminder, the strategic bridge over the Psel River is located). By morning, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to consolidate their position in Cherkasskiye Konopelki, thus leveling the front line for an obvious further attack on Giri . Therefore, we should expect serious fighting in this sector today.

"And, unfortunately, I must admit that the enemy is gradually beginning to turn Sudzha into its stronghold and logistics hub in this area . After that, the situation for us here will become even more complicated," Podolyaka concluded.

The tg channel “Two Majors”, associated with the border service, also reports sad news from Sudzha in its morning report.

" In Sudzha, the enemy occupied high-rise buildings and set up firing and sniper positions on the roofs. The Agricultural College building was on fire," the public writes.