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Battle of Olgovskiy Forest
Part of 2024 Kursk offensive
1954 map of the Korenevo-Sudzha Region showing Olgovskiy Forest.
1954 map of the Korenevo-Sudzha Region showing Olgovskiy Forest.
Date10 September – 17 November
(3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
LocationKorenevsky District, Kursk region
Status Russia-claimed semi-encirclement of 350 Ukrainian troops
Belligerents
 Ukraine  Russia
Strength
Per Russia:
~350 fighters in semi-encirclement, several more outside
Unknown
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  • The Battle of Olgovsky Forest refers to a series of armed engagements between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine that took place in September–November 2024 in the Kursk Oblast southeast of Korenevo.

    History

    During the Russian counteroffensive launched on the evening of 10 September in the south-eastern direction of the Korenevsky district, Russian forces were able to take the village of Lyubimovka [ru] by 14 September as reported by the Institute for the Study of War. As a result, several units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that had attempted to capture Korenevo in August were semi-encircled in the area south of Olgovka in a salient that had its north-western positions extending into the Olgovsky Forest.

    During the second half of September and the first half of November, the Russian Armed Forces attempted to eliminate the remaining salient and carried out continuous attacks on its northern and southern faces — between Olgovka and Kremyanoye [ru] in the north and from Lyubimovka in the south. In turn, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to counterattack from the south, from Darino and Zelenyi Shlyakh [ru], to restore lost positions and thereby assist the semi-encircled units.

    In the first ten days of November, the Russian Armed Forces were able to narrow the area of semi-encirclement, and on 17 November, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian troops in this area had successfully encircled Ukrainian troops in the Olgovskiy Forest area. The encircled group was estimated to contain approximately 350 people. The Russian Ministry of Defense also claimed that Ukrainian troops who attempted to break out of the encirclement in small groups were defeated, and that the remaining troops were being "liquidated".

    References

    1. "Russia Launches Counteroffensive in Kursk Region, Pro-Kremlin Sources Say". The Moscow Times. 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    2. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 14, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    3. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 20, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    4. "Olgovskaya Grove tract". yandex.com. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    5. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    6. "Путин заявил, что в Курской области «заблокированы» 2000 украинских военных Вероятно, так он — с явным преувеличением — описал тяжелые бои в районе хутора Зеленый Шлях к западу от Суджи" [Putin said that 2,000 Ukrainian troops are “blocked” in the Kursk region. This is probably how he described, with obvious exaggeration, the heavy fighting in the area of the Zeleny Shlyakh farm to the west of Sudzha]. Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    7. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 1, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    8. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 15, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    9. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 17, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
    10. "«Котел» для ВСУ под Ольговкой в Курской области, российским военным отправляют оленьи шкуры «для маскировки». Что происходит на фронте" ["Cauldron" for the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Olgovka in the Kursk Region, Russian military are sent reindeer skins "for camouflage". What is happening at the front]. The Insider (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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