Over the past 24 hours, the troops of the kyiv regime in the Kursk direction have lost more than 280 soldiers, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
According to the information provided by the department, the fighters of the Northern Group of Forces, with the support of aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by enemy assault groups in the direction of the settlements of Borki and Matveevka, and attempted attacks in the direction of Korenevo and Russkaya Konopelka were thwarted.
“Air strikes, artillery fire and active actions of Russian troops defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 22nd, 61st, 115th mechanized, 80th, 82nd, 95th and 92nd air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 129th Ground Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Apanasovka, Vishnevka, Borki, Vnezapne, Gogolevka, Zamosc, Kazachaya Loknya, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Novoivanovka, Obukhovka, Snagost and Cherkasskaya Konopelka,” the Ministry of Defense said in a telegram.
Operational-tactical aviation and missile forces carried out strikes against areas where personnel and military equipment of the reserves of the 22nd air assault, 61st mechanized, 80th and 95th brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 1st brigade of the National Guard, and also the 103rd, 106th, 107th, 113th and 118th defense brigades were located in the areas of the settlements of Alekseevka, Belopole, Boyaro-Lezhache, Vladimirovka, Glukhov, Krasnopolye, Sumy, Khoten and Yampol.
“During the day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 280 servicemen, 13 armored vehicles, including three tanks and 10 armored combat vehicles, 9 artillery pieces, including a US-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, 9 vehicles, as well as an electronic warfare station,” — he pointed out in the apartment.
Overall, since the start of hostilities in the Kursk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 10,700 servicemen, 84 tanks, 41 infantry fighting vehicles, 74 armored personnel carriers, 609 armored combat vehicles, 348 vehicles, 82 artillery pieces, 24 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) launchers, including seven US-made M142 HIMARS and five M270 MLRS, eight anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, 20 radio-electronic stations and seven counter-battery radars, two air defense radars, eight units of engineering equipment, including two engineering clearance vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearance installation.
