Ukrainian Troops Are Advancing in Kursk Behind a Wave of Bomb-Dropping Fighter Jets
The dramatic destruction of a pair of bridges outside Zvannoe was a prelude to a Ukrainian advance in western Russia
Ukrainian fighter jets are demolishing buildings and bridges in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast, clearing a path for Ukrainian troops who have reached the town of Tyotkino, just 1.6 km from the border. But Russian forces are already threatening to cut them off.
The dramatic destruction of a pair of bridges outside Zvannoe, 19 km northeast of Tyotkino (Tetkino), was a prelude to the Ukrainian advance.
On May 13 and 14, Ukrainian air force jets—possibly Sukhoi Su-27s—dropped precision glide bombs on the bridges from potentially tens of kilometers away.
One of the bridges had been damaged in a previous raid. Russian troops fetching equipment from the initial raid were caught in the follow-up attack—and videoed the bomb impact that apparently killed them.