As Was Predicted ...

 810th Brigade marines are already in Sumy Oblast. 

Президент России Владимир Путин заявил, что ему час назад доложили о пересечении бойцами ВС РФ границы с Украиной в Курской области. «Самая последняя информация, которую мне доложили буквально час назад, – сегодня ночью бойцы 810-й бригады пересекли границу Российской Федерации и Украины и вышли на территорию противника», – сказал глава государства, отвечая на вопросы журналистов во время посещения завода по производству беспилотников в Санкт-Петербурге, передает ТАСС.

Translation: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he was informed an hour ago that Russian Armed Forces fighters had crossed the border with Ukraine in the Kursk region. "The latest information that was reported to me literally an hour ago is that tonight fighters from the 810th Brigade crossed the border of the Russian Federation and Ukraine and entered enemy territory," the head of state said, answering journalists' questions during a visit to a drone manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, TASS reports.

This validates fully the hypothesis of the whole Kursk ordeal--as of today 62, 000 of VSU have been killed in Kursk Oblast, hundreds upon hundreds of vehicles destroyed--that upon assessing the situation, the GS decided to use Kursk Oblast as a trap and the numbers of VSU losses from there are stupefying. And now, marines are already in the territory which likely will become yet another territorial acquisition for Russia. Sumy and surroundings are shaken non-stop by the work of Russia RUK/ROK with Iskanders and FABs arriving to the assembly areas non-stop. I speak about this in my latest video which should be up shortly.

The Timing Of Kursk...

 ... operation was chosen by NATO planners with what you can see in this video--of which I explained at the very start of this "mission"--in mind. Correct--a presence of fairly thick forests which would have made (which they did) the work of Russian UAVs operators harder. Well, it still didn't decide the issue and UAVs still provided and continue to provide critical support for what now has become a mop-up operation or, rather, dig out operation in Kursk Oblast against VSU. It was one of the tactical and operational factors strongly considered by NATO, including the idea of digging in inside those forests for a PR effect. Reports of VSU "holding the ground" was a good propaganda fodder for the Western public but, as marine from the now legendary 810th Brigade explains and shows (in Russian but you do not really need an interpreter--everything is self-evident), they tried to pull this trick in a wrong country, against wrong armed forces and people.

But, but... as you can see yourself, Pacer (Inokhodets) has very little problem with finding valuable VSU (in reality NATO's) armor and dealing with it by means of a very nasty ATGM Vikhr.

As a result--most of the roads in the small pocket in Kursk Oblast are littered with NATO's armor. 

Not a good idea in both cases: either hiding in forests or, let alone, traveling in the open--it is death sentence in both cases, and as both Alexes correctly noted yesterday--Lavrov's "demand" to lift all sanctions off Russia is peremptory and... naturally designed to be refused by the US. Russians do it on purpose...

Russia can continue with SMO for as long as it wants, NATO... well, has lost and is out of resources, that includes the US. Meanwhile, Russians produced a horror for the West, officially--Excimer Lasers. First fully Russian lithography machines are going into series production early 2026. For now 350 nm, then, 90 and then... Mikron does produce 90 and 65 nm topology already, but this is done on Western technology. Now, however, a critical range for all military and most industrial applications is already being tested on Russian-made machines. So, I guess, no more cannibalizing those Western washing machines and... tanks to extract those precious microchips for Russian missiles, of which Russia ran out like... since ever. What a bummer, right?

They Do Have A Very Bad Time...

 ... I mean HIMARS. Another one is a goner after either Mr. Iskander or Mr. Tornado visit. Likely Iskander.

RUK/ROK or RUOK if one wishes in action. Remarkably, in many respects the search of the area by several recons means ranging from visuals by Russian DRGs and UAVs makes now any kind of movement (ANY) by VSU impossible. 

Here is another example of VSU tactical mastery, sort of--the ukie column gets into 810th Marines Brigade ambush--gets blown up, remnants try to maneuver to the flank and get the rest of column destroyed. I deliberately give only the link, because due to many VSU KIAs in the video Blogspot will kill the post (they already killed one). It is a safari now in Kursk. Elsewhere? Boy, those arrows are definitely getting bigger, seriously bigger. I am planning to talk about it in my tomorrow's video.