Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that the Ukrainian military was able to take advantage of the situation to launch its operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast, despite the fact that Russia had known about and had been preparing for it for months.

Following a failed Russian counteroffensive in the Kursk Oblast , the initiative has once again shifted to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yevhen Dykyi, a veteran of the Russia-Ukraine war, former commander of the Aidar Battalion stated in an interview with Radio NV.

The village is 20 miles west of the main Ukrainian salient in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. Six weeks ago, a powerful Ukrainian force—around a dozen battalions from eight or so experienced brigades—invaded Kursk and quickly gained control of 400 square miles of Russian soil.