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| Russian Armed Forces stop break through attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region |
| 2024-08-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Over the past 24 hours, Russian military personnel have prevented attempts by mobile groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to break through deep into Russian territory in the area of three settlements in the Kursk region. This was reported on August 11 by the Russian Defense Ministry. Units of the North group of forces and the arriving reserves took part in the battles with the Ukrainian military. "In the areas of the settlements of Tolpino, Zhuravli, and Obshchy Kolodez, attempts by enemy mobile groups to break through in armored vehicles were thwarted," the department said. The Russian army destroyed four armored personnel carriers, including an American Stryker, seven armored combat vehicles and two cars. Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen and 38 armored vehicles. Seven tanks, three Stryker armored personnel carriers, an infantry fighting vehicle, and 28 armored combat vehicles were damaged. Ukrainian soldiers lost seven vehicles, four field artillery pieces, a Buk-M1 self-propelled air defense missile system, and other equipment. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 10, the Russian Armed Forces prevented the entry of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group (SRG) into the territory of the Belovsky District. The head of the Belovsky District, Nikolai Volobuyev, called the situation there stable, but tense. On August 11, two small balloons were destroyed over the region. It was specified that Ukrainian formations also used aircraft-type drones to attempt an attack. A Tornado-S MLRS crew destroyed a column of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army in the border area of the region. As a result, five armored vehicles and up to 20 Ukrainian army soldiers were eliminated. More from regnum.ru Russian Foreign Ministry catches Ukrainian intelligence agencies using deepfake with Zakharova Ukrainian special services are distributing a fake video on the Internet featuring the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Russian Foreign Ministry warns that Ukrainian intelligence services are distributing deepfake featuring Zakharova In this recording, she allegedly states that Moscow is ready to transfer the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant to Kyiv in exchange for the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kursk region. “Ukrainian special services, with the assistance of Western curators, continue to actively use deepfake and other artificial intelligence-based technologies to spread false information about the situation in the border regions of our country,” the ministry said in a comment on its Telegram channel. The report specifies that to create the fake video with Zakharova, Ukraine used a recording of a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry on July 18. The department emphasized that at the real press conference, as well as at other times, Zakharova did not say anything like that. The Foreign Ministry also added that the authentic comments are available on the official representative’s Telegram channel and on other official resources of the ministry. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 7, a fake video appeared on the Internet, in which the acting head of the Kursk region, Alexey Smirnov, allegedly gathers men to join the militia in the region. The regional administration stated that the fake video was created by Ukrainian special services using neural networks. Smirnov's real address to residents was devoted to the situation in the border areas of the region, which were attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the footage, the acting governor notes that the situation remains tense. He also adds that border guards and units of the Russian Defense Ministry are working in the areas in question. |
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