The Moscow Times:
"On the night of August 9, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) hit a convoy of Russian soldiers in the Kursk region. Footage of the fire, which engulfed military equipment, was published by a number of pro-war telegram channels at once.
The convoy was attacked in the village of Oktyabrskoye, located 8 km from Rylsk. The military moved along the highway that before the war connected the Ukrainian Glukhov and Kursk, passing through Rylsk and Lgov. As calculated by the publication "Agency", the strike site is located about 30 km from the Ukrainian border and 20 km from the urban-type village of Korenevo, where battles with the Armed Forces of Ukraine are taking place.
According to the Military Informant telegram channel, the convoy with the Russian military was attacked with the help of the American HIMARS MLRS, which had not previously been used in the invasion of the Ukrainian army into Russia.
According to the calculations of military analyst Yan Matveev, a total of 14 tent Urals and KamAZ trucks with infantry were destroyed, some of the vehicles burned to the ground. "It seems that the entire column was carrying infantry. They were armed, a platoon per car, most likely. 3-4 companies - the whole battalion was destroyed. <… >This is one of the bloodiest and most massive strikes (most likely HIMARS) in the entire war," Matveev said.
After the publication of the video with the burned column of soldiers, Z-bloggers began to demand that those responsible for the incident be punished. "Whoever gave the order to move in columns in the observation zone of the copter and, accordingly, the defeat by Himars, is not just an *******, but should also be sentenced according to the laws of wartime, today it is an assault squad," wrote Z-blogger Roman Alekhin.
Another Z-blogger Yuriy Podolyaka agreed with this opinion. "How much can I do? The third year of the war is underway, and someone has a passion for moving in columns in the frontline zone," he said.
The incident in the Kursk region was the result not only of the "impenetrable stupidity" of the one who gave the order to move in a column, but also of the "chaotic pulling of reserves into the breakthrough area, for which they were not ready at all," the "Military Informant" emphasized.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine invaded the territory of the Kursk region on the morning of August 6 and captured at least 20 settlements in three days. The day before, on August 8, pro-war bloggers stated the deterioration of the situation: about 30 km remained to the Kursk nuclear power plant in a straight line."
