[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Liptsy and Volchansk directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 92nd Air Assault Brigade and 36th Naval Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Malye Prokhody and Grafskoye (Kharkov region). The AFU losses amounted to up to 180 troops and three motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 44th, 116th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Kolesnikovka, Vishnyovoye (Kharkov region), and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 460 troops, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, two 122mm BNM-21 Grad and one Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS launchers, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, a 152mm D-20 gun, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer. An Anklav-N electronic warfare station and four field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces engaged the 72nd Mechanised Brigade and 79th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU near Yelisavetovka and Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counter-attacks launched by enemy assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 655 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, a U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, a U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, three 152mm D-20 guns, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on manpower and materiel of the 150th Mechanised Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 142nd, 144th Infantry brigades of the AFU, 12th and 14th National Guard brigades near Dzerzhinsk, Petrovka, Pokrovsk, Marinovka, Tsukurino, and Kleban-Byk (Donetsk People's Republic). Three counter-attacks launched by the AFU units were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 510 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, a Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and a 100mm Rapira gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and 118th Territorial Defence Brigade near Dobrovolye and Novodonetskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). One counterattack launched by an enemy assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 110 troops, a tank, five motor vehicles, Polish-made 155mm Krab and U.S.-made Paladin self-propelled artillery systems. One field ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 31st Mechanised Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 39th Coastal Defence Brigade near Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Sadovoye, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 troops, 14 motor vehicles, a U.S.-made MLRS launcher, and a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer. An Anklav-N electronic warfare station and two field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed a Khortitsa Operational-Strategic Group's forward command post, an ammunition depot, and engaged AFU clusters of manpower and materiel in 144 areas.
Air defence units shot down six U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, nine French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 57 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 642 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 31,398 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 air defence missile systems, 17,986 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,452 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 14,438 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 25,899 units of support motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling an invasion attempt of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation in Kursk region (11 September 2024)
Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army Aviation and artillery fire repelled an enemy counter-attack towards Apanasovka, as well as thwarted the enemy's attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Borki, and Fanaseyevka.
As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded and ten AFU servicemen were taken prisoner; two tanks, an armoured fighting vehicle, and six motor vehicles were destroyed.
Air strikes, artillery fire, and actions of the troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware clusters of the 22nd, 41st, 61st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st Presidential Brigade, 1004th Security and Service Brigade, 103rd and 129th brigades near Borki, Byakhovo, Guyevo, Vichnyovka, Daryino, Zeleny Shliyakh, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Martynovka, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Obukhovka, Orlovka, Snagost, and Uspenovka.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops delivered strikes at concentration areas in Sumy region of foreign mercenaries and reserves of the 22nd, 41st, and 54th mechanised brigades, 80th, 82nd Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1st Presidential Brigade, 101st, 103rd, 106th, 107th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Akhtyrka, Belopolye, Bititsa, Glukhov, Semyonovka, Stepanovka, Sumy, Svessa, Peschanoye, Pavlovka, Pustogorod, Radyanskoye, Rossoshi, Raki, and Yampol.
In the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 350 troops and 13 armoured vehicles, including three tanks, three armoured personnel carriers, seven armoured fighting vehicles, an artillery gun, two MLRS launchers, and 19 motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 12,200 troops, 96 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, 77 armoured personnel carriers, 656 armoured fighting vehicles, 401 motor vehicles, 90 artillery guns, 26 MLRS launchers, including seven of HIMARS and five of MLRS, eight SAM launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, 22 electronic warfare stations and seven counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, eight engineering vehicles, including two counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.