Frontline report: Two Ukrainian Marines repel massed Russian infantry assault in Kursk Oblast [Video]

Today there are significant updates from the Kursk direction. Faced with devastating losses of armored vehicles, Russian forces resorted to mass infantry assaults, relying on sheer numbers to breach Ukrainian defenses.

This shift in tactics led to a dramatic confrontation where two Ukrainian soldiers on a small strongpoint held their ground against an overwhelming force of 20 Russian troops in a fierce battle. The main Russian offensive near Tolstyi Lug follows the local highway. Aiming to bridge Ukrainian defenses in two directions: east toward Novoivanovka and south toward Nizhniy Klin.

This tactical shift comes after repeated failures to cross the Snagost river, where challenging terrain and fortified Ukrainian fire positions on the eastern bank have thwarted their advances. Now the Russian strategy focuses on bypassing the river from the north with concentrated frontal assaults designed to divide Ukrainian forces in …