우크라이나가 러시아의 공급선을 차단하려고 시도하면서 쿠르스크 지역의 마지막 주요 다리가 무너졌습니다.
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우크라이나는 8월 6일 국경을 넘어 러시아 쿠르스크 지역으로 돌격하자 러시아의 허를 찔렀습니다. (로이터: Viacheslav Ratynskyi)
간단히 말해서:
러시아 소식통에 따르면 우크라이나군은 쿠르스크 지역 세임 강의 주요 교량 3개를 모두 공격했다.
분석가들은 키예프가 쿠르스크 영토를 고립시키고 러시아군에 대한 보급선을 차단하려고 시도하는 것으로 보인다고 말했습니다.
다음은 무엇입니까?
모스크바는 방어 조직을 시작할 것으로 예상되는 반면, 우크라이나는 영토 침공 중에 얻은 영토를 방어해야 합니다.
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우크라이나의 러시아 영토 침공이 3주째에 접어들면서 주요 교량들이 공격을 받고 있습니다.
나흘 동안 쿠르스크 지역의 다리 3개가 파괴되거나 손상되었습니다.
분석가들은 이것이 이 지역을 방어하는 러시아 군대를 위한 중요한 보급선의 일부였다고 말합니다.
그리고 이는 키예프의 러시아 서부 진출을 저지하려는 모스크바의 노력을 방해할 것이며, 이는 블라디미르 푸틴 대통령에게 큰 딜레마를 야기하고 있습니다.
우크라이나는 현재 자국군이 북동쪽 국경을 따라 위치한 쿠르스크 전역의 1,250평방 킬로미터 이상과 93개 정착지를 통제하고 있다고 주장합니다.
이번 침공은 제2차 세계대전 이후 러시아에 대한 최대 규모의 침공으로, 전쟁의 궤적을 바꾸고 있다.
그러나 분석가들은 우크라이나가 아직 갈 길이 멀고 이제 얻은 영토를 방어해야 한다고 말합니다.
공격받고 있는 교량
Seym 강은 쿠르스크 지역의 대부분을 서쪽으로 굽이쳐 흐르며 우크라이나까지 이어집니다.
강을 따라 세 개의 주요 다리가 러시아가 해당 지역을 오가며 보급품과 지원군을 얻을 수 있는 유일한 경로를 제공했습니다.
우크라이나 공군과 러시아 군 블로거, 관리들에 따르면 이들 모두 공격을 받았다.
Seym 강을 따라 손상된 교량
다리가 파괴되면서 쿠르스크 지역의 일부는 러시아의 나머지 지역과 물류 지원으로부터 단절되었습니다.(ABC 디지털 뉴스 그래픽: 출처 – 전쟁연구소, 우크라이나가 소유한 영토)
금요일에 Glushkovo 마을에서 첫 번째 다리가 무너졌습니다.
우크라이나 공군은 충격의 순간을 보여줬다고 주장하는 영상을 소셜미디어에 올렸다.
러시아 언론과 군사 블로거들은 미국산 HIMARS(High Mobility Artillery Rocket System)에서 발사된 두 발의 미사일이 다리에 타격을 가했다고 주장했습니다.
글루시코보는 우크라이나 국경에서 북쪽으로 약 12km, 쿠르스크 주 전투 지역에서 북서쪽으로 약 16km 떨어져 있다.
러시아 MASH 뉴스 매체는 텔레그램에서 해당 지역의 일부가 차단되었다고 주장했습니다.
민간인은 이제 물을 통해서만 대피할 수 있다고 말했습니다.
위성 이미지는 Glushkovo 지역의 Seym 강 위에 무너진 다리를 보여줍니다.(로이터 통신을 통한 플래닛 랩)
미국 전쟁연구소(US Institute for the Study of War)의 분석에 따르면 인근 마을인 즈반노예(Zvannoye)에서는 지난 토요일 두 번째 다리가 폭격을 받아 도로를 따라 큰 구멍이 생겼다고 합니다.
피해 규모와 다리 통행 가능 여부에 대해 상충되는 보고가 있습니다.
Zvannoye는 Glushkovo에서 북서쪽으로 8km 더 떨어져 있습니다.
우크라이나군이 두 번째 쿠르스크 다리를 폭파했습니다.
“다리 하나 더 빼기!” 우크라이나 공군 사령관 Mykola Oleshchuk 중장은 Telegram에 글을 썼습니다.
그는 그의 군대가 적의 병참을 약화시키기 위해 두 개의 다리를 파괴했다고 말했습니다.
위성 이미지는 Zvannoye에서 파괴된 Seym 강의 전략적 교량을 보여줍니다.(로이터를 통한 Planet Labs Inc. 유인물)
러시아는 월요일 Karyzh 마을의 세 번째 다리가 손상되었다고 보고했습니다.
키예프는 아직 이번 공격에 대해 논평하지 않았다.
분석가들은 우크라이나가 이 지역의 마지막 연결 고리를 제거함으로써 약 700평방 킬로미터 지역에서 러시아 군대를 포위하려 할 수 있다고 말합니다.
얼마나 많은 러시아 군대가 잠재적으로 갇힐 수 있는지는 확실하지 않습니다.
우크라이나 언론과 러시아 군사 블로거들은 세 개의 다리가 파괴되면서 이 지역의 약 80개 러시아 마을이 북쪽과 동쪽 지점으로의 도로 접근이 불가능해졌다고 보도했습니다.
러시아는 병력 이동을 위해 부교를 건설하고 소형 보트를 타고 민간인을 대피시키려는 것으로 알려졌다.
그러나 부교는 HIMARS 공격 및 기타 공습에 특히 취약합니다.
HIMARS 로켓은 러시아와의 전쟁에서 우크라이나의 방어 및 공격 능력에 필수적이었습니다.(제공:미군)
HIMARS는 미국이 제공한 우크라이나의 가장 발전된 시스템 중 하나이며 러시아에 도전하는 키예프의 능력에 필수적인 역할을 했습니다.
우크라이나는 최근에야 러시아 영토에 대한 제한된 공격을 위해 미국이 공급한 무기를 사용할 수 있는 허가를 받았습니다.
미 국방부는 지난주 쿠르스크에서 사용된 무기에 대해 질문을 받자 우크라이나가 “공격으로부터 자신을 보호하기 위한 조치를 취하고 있다”고 말했다.
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Ukrainian forces have struck all three major bridges over the Seym River in the Kursk region, according to Russian sources.
Analysts say Kyiv appears to be trying to isolate the stretch of Kursk territory and cut off supply lines to Russian troops.
What’s next?
Moscow is expected to begin organising its defences, while Ukraine will need to defend the territory it has gained during its incursion into the territory.
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As Ukraine’s incursion into Russian territory enters its third week, key bridges have been coming under attack.
Over four days, three bridges in the Kursk region were either destroyed or damaged.
Analysts say these were part of critical supply lines for Russian troops defending the area.
And it will hinder Moscow’s efforts to push back Kyiv’s advance into western Russia, which is causing a major dilemma for President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine claims its forces now control more than 1,250 square kilometres and 93 settlements across Kursk, which sits along its north-eastern border.
The incursion is the biggest invasion of Russia since World War II, and is changing the trajectory of the war.
But analysts say Ukraine still has a long way to go, and now needs to defend the territory it has gained.
Bridges under attack
The Seym River snakes westward through a large part of the Kursk region and continues to Ukraine.
Along the river, three main bridges provided the only routes for Russia to get supplies and reinforcements to and from the area.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian military bloggers and officials, they have all come under attack.
Bridges reportedly damaged along the Seym River
On Friday, the first of the bridges fell in the town of Glushkovo.
The Ukrainian Air Force posted a video on social media claiming to show the moment of impact.
Russian media and military bloggers claimed the bridge was struck by two volleys of missiles from a US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).
Glushkovo is about 12km north of the Ukrainian border, and approximately 16km north-west of the main battle zone in Kursk.
The Russian MASH news outlet claimed on Telegram that part of the district had been cut off.
It said the civilian population could now only be evacuated by water.
In the nearby village of Zvannoye, a second bridge was bombed on Saturday, creating a large hole along the roadway, according to analysis by the US Institute for the Study of War.
There are conflicting reports about the extent of the damage and whether the bridge is still passable.
Zvannoye is located another 8km to the north-west of Glushkovo.
“Minus one more bridge!” the Ukrainian Air Force commander, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, wrote on Telegram.
He said his forces had destroyed the two bridges to weaken enemy logistics.
Russia reported damage to a third bridge on Monday in the village of Karyzh.
Kyiv was yet to comment on the attack.
By taking out the last standing link in the area, analysts say Ukraine may be trying to encircle Russian troops in the area of about 700 sq km.
It is not clear how many Russian troops could potentially be trapped.
Ukrainian media and Russian military bloggers were reporting that the destruction of the three bridges had left about 80 Russian villages in the area without road access to points north and east.
Russia was reportedly building floating pontoon bridges to transfer its forces, and was attempting to evacuate civilians on small boats.
But pontoon bridges would be particularly vulnerable to HIMARS attacks and other air strikes.
HIMARS are one of Ukraine’s most advanced US-provided systems, and have been integral in Kyiv’s ability to challenge Russia.
Ukraine was only recently granted permission to use US-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory.
When asked about the weapons used in Kursk last week, the Pentagon said Ukraine was “taking actions to protect themselves from attacks that are coming from a region that are within the US policy”.
What Ukraine is trying to achieve
Analysts say it appears Ukraine is attempting to isolate the stretch of Kursk territory which lies just west of the invasion zone.How Ukraine staged its surprise attack into Russian territory
Photo shows Ukrainian servicemen sit on tops of a military vehicle, realxing with one eating a packet of chips.
Since launching a surprise attack last week, Moscow has been unable to push Ukrainian troops back after they advanced up to 30km into Russian territory and are now in control of about 28 settlements.
The Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies said the attacks “suggest that the objective of Ukrainian defence forces is to take control of a portion of Kursk Oblast south of the Seym”.
Malcolm Davis, senior analyst in defence capability at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said the impact was intended to be felt beyond the Kursk region.
By targeting the bridges, Ukraine was cutting off logistical supplies to Russian forces deployed in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine.
The situation along the eastern frontline has been increasingly difficult for Ukraine under tremendous Russian pressure, Dr Davis said.
Russia wants control of all parts of Donetsk and neighbouring Luhansk, which together make up the Donbas industrial region.
“By cutting those bridges, it makes it very difficult for the Russians to send munition supplies to those forces,” Dr Davis said.
“Basically, it’s about reducing Russian combat capability through taking out supply lines.
“The Ukrainians want to weaken the capability of those forces, so they can eventually go back on the counter offensive in eastern Ukraine.”
The incursion in Kursk hasn’t calmed the fierce battle raging for the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk, which was at threat of falling to Russia.
The head of the local military administration, Serhiy Dobriak, said Russian troops were about 10km from the outskirts of the city, a transport hub for Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine to start digging in
Ukraine launched its surprise strike on the Kursk region on August 6.Mapping Ukraine’s cross-border incursion into Russia
Photo shows Satellite image shows a new series of defensive trenches.
How Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk is tracking after 10 days.
Over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the military incursion aimed to create a “buffer zone”, suggesting it could prevent attacks by Moscow from across the border.
Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said his forces had pushed 28 to 35km into Russia, capturing 1,263 sq km of territory, including 93 settlements.
More than 121,000 people have been evacuated from nine border districts in the Kursk region, Russia’s emergencies ministry said.
Dr Davis said when the Ukrainians first went into Kursk, the Russians were in complete disarray.
But they were now expected to start getting their defences organised.
“What’s happening now is the Ukrainian advance in Kursk is culminating, which means that they won’t be able to necessarily advance that much further,” he said.
“Ultimately, they will become fixed in place.
“They’ll define a suitable defensive perimeter, pull back to that defensive perimeter, and defend that territory.”
Rajan Menon, an international relations professor at The City College of New York, said the longer Ukraine could hold Russian territory, the better bargaining power it would have to find an end to the war.
If Kyiv could defend territory in Kursk, then Mr Zelenskyy “has cards to play at the table”.
“The game has changed, if the Ukrainians are able to sustain this operation,” he told ABC News Daily.
“If it can hold this territory, it can say, ‘We’re prepared to withdraw from it, if you withdraw from places x,y,z.’
“So, the run-up to any political settlement that would occur has changed drastically, providing the Ukrainians can hold onto this terrain.”
Belarus boosts defences
Belarus has claimed Ukrainian troops were also edging towards its territory.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announced he had ordered almost a third of the army to the 1,084-km border with Ukraine.
Although he did not specify troop numbers, Belarus’ army numbers are about 60,000.
Mr Lukashenko — a loyal ally of Mr Putin — accused Kyiv of aggressive policies and of sending more than 120,000 of its troops to the frontier with Belarus.
Dr Davis said the move wasn’t particularly significant, describing the Belarusian military was “not that capable or strong”.
And it was unlikely Belarus would enter the war anytime soon.
“What it does is distract the Ukrainians, and forces the Ukrainians to keep some forces in place in that area, just in case,” he said.
“Belarusians came across the border into Ukraine, they would certainly not come out of it well.”
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