Click to see full-size image
The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the last bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovky district in the Russian Kursk region. As a result of the series of Ukrainian strikes on Russian rear bridges, the military supplies and evacuation of civilians from the war-torn areas were complicated.
On the night of August 19, the Ukrainian military destroyed the bridge located near the village of Karuzh. The strikes were reportedly launched by Ukrainian military aircraft from the Ukrainian border areas. This was the third bridge across the Seim River destroyed in the Glushkovsky district.
On August 17, Ukrainian strikes heavily damaged another bridge near the village of Zvannoe. The day before, strikes with HIMARS MLRS and an aerial bomb destroyed the bridge near the town of Glushkovo.
Click to see full-size image
Click to see full-size image
At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted an attack on a railway bridge across the Desna River in the Russian Bryansk region. Ukrainian forces deployed near the border in the Chernihiv region launched three UAVs towards the bridge located in the Pogarsky district. The bridge is located about 2 kilometers from Ukrainian border and was not used by the Russian military. The attack failed, none of the launched drones reached the bridge.
Click to see full-size image
Unlike strikes of MLRS and aerial bombs, Ukrainian drone strikes are unlikely to destroy Russian rear bridges. However, these could be the preliminary attempt to reach the rear bridges in the Bryansk region to complicate supplies and maneuvers of the Russian military in the border areas.
While the Ukrainian military is yet to reach targets in the Bryansk region, the destruction of bridges in the Glushkovsky district in the Kursk region forces the Russians to use boats and pontoon crossings for evacuation of civilians and military supplies to reinforce border defense, including in the area of Tetkino. Ukrainian forces are heavily shelling the town and Ukrainian reconnaissance groups are operating there. The destruction of bridges across the Seim River is likely is another step of Ukrainian plan to launch offensive operation across the border in this new direction in the Kursk region.
