Russian troops cut off as Ukraine destroys key resupply bridges in Kursk | Ukraine: The Latest

Day 909. Today, we examine the implications of Ukraine cutting off Russian troops in Kursk by destroying three bridges and hear from GP Now, the hospital in the cloud for Ukrainians impacted by the war.

Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
Verity Bowman (Foreign Correspondent). @VerityBowman on X.

With thanks to Rob Hicken and Spencer Cash of GP Now, the Ukrainian ‘hospital in the cloud’.

[kidc_]

There's more foreign press in the kursk area then Russian soldiers

[RandomDudeOne]

I appreciate The Telegraphs coverage of the Russo/Ukraine war, by far the best on the internet.

[SpecialK]

Listening from Canada. Thanks for the great journalism!

[elizabethstewart]

Excellent perspectives, Telegraph. Thanks for credibility!

[CJFCarlsson]

In the meanwhile the UK is giving up on democracy.

[oleksiifrolov]

Your playlist of the podcast Ukraine:The Latest on YouTube is mixed up. The latest episodes disappeared or mixed up with the old ones that it is hard to find them.

[catlady]

yeah they evacuated them, but it should never have been necessary. Putin needs to sit down to the table and surrender.

[anothermike]

"Alright now youse can't leave!" 😂

[simonpaul]

Theres reports that people want to go back

[shinobicro]

One of the saddest questions in this podcast ever...
"Are we legacy media now...." 😮😮😮😮
😂😂😂

[Coverly]

So much for the croissant embargo! Does Franco Francis know there are croissants in the studio?

[armanijoy]

Why other countries like Bangladesh love country hero Putin and Russia because of their humanity they have humanity in them which for the world country America and Europe countries do not have.

[richardmarsden]

Ukraine moving its "scarce resources" to Russia’s borderline Kursk Region helped Russian forces achieve success in Donbass, the Financial Times (FT) said citing an unnamed Ukrainian artillery brigade commander.

According to him, "troops were back to rationing shells" "because ammunition had been reallocated for the incursion into Russia’s Kursk region." Kiev has also moved there "upwards of 10, 000 troops, including many of its elite airborne forces and mechanized brigades, " from the Donetsk and Kharkov regions, "where the fiercest battles are under way, according to officials involved with the operation." According to the newspaper, "Russian soldiers are still grinding their way through Ukrainian defenses, capturing villages and towns and bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of complete control of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine."

Several days before the attack on the Kursk Region, Ukrainian defenses in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), were already "showing cracks, " one senior Ukrainian official "familiar with military operations" told the newspaper. In his opinion, Russian forces had achieved "tactical success" in Donetsk and more advances were likely unless the situation turned around.

"With much of its reserves directed to Kursk, Ukraine will struggle to fill defensive gaps and counter various Russian threats, " Konrad Muzyka, director of Poland-based Rochan consulting group, told the FT. "Russia doesn’t have trouble mobilizing troops whereas Ukraine still has trouble mobilizing the number needed to hold and conduct operations in Donetsk, " he explained.

[ahmedalsharman]

I hope that people understand that podcast above is just propaganda.

[ItsMe_Hello_People]

The network of doctors is absolutely amazing! ❤️ Great work!

[martinlye]

A very informative listen fro Ontario. Canada

[dacj]

Thanks very much (listening in Japan).

[jeremygibbs]

Last time I was this early pro-russian bots were still saying they'd be in Kyiv in 3 days.

[toddbrackett]

Perhaps Germany should stop paying for housing and sustainment of refugees who are not working and send that money to Ukraine in the form of Leopard tanks, Artillery and TAURUS missiles.

[Outside]

Feels like its one of the big takeaways from this war, dont be reliant on other people like Ukraine is now.