[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces inflicted damage on formations of 21st Mechanised Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Barilo (Sumy region), Liptsy, Volchansk, and Volchanskye Khutora (Kharkov region).
Russian units repelled three counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade. The enemy lost up to 120 troops, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS launchers, a 152mm D-20 gun, five 122mm D-30 howitzers, and a U.S.-made 105mm M-101 gun.
The Zapad Group of Forces took more favourable lines and positions, inflicted damage on manpower and materiel of the 14th, 28th, 116th Mechanised brigades of the AFU and 115th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kupyansk, Boguslavka, Kolesnikovka, Kruglyakovka, and Lozovaya (Kharkov region).
Three counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade were repelled. The enemy losses are up to 390 troops, ten motor vehicles, two Czech-made 122mm Vampire MLRSs, two U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzers, a UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, two U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzers, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, a U.S.-made 105mm M-101 gun, and a UK-made 105mm L-119 gun. Russian troops eliminated two EW stations and four ammunition depots.
The Yug Group of Forces liberated Ostroye and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Moreover, Russian forces inflicted damage on formations of 24th, 54th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, and 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Nikolayevka, Konstantinovka, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 835 troops, seven motor vehicles, a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, two 152mm D-20 guns, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, an Ankalv-N EW station, as well as the following armament produced in the USA: two 155mm M-777 howitzers, a 155mm M-114 howitzer, a 105mm M-119 gun, and one AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar. Seven ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued to advance in the depth of the hostile defence and engaged manpower and materiel of the 23rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 116th, 118th Territorial Defence brigades, and 12th National Guard Brigade near Kleban-Byk, Gornyak, Zoryanoye and Shcherbinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian units repelled ten counteattacks launched by assault groups of the 25th Airborne Brigade, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 100th and 151st Mechanised brigades of the AFU. The hostile formation losses amounted to up to 580 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, four 152mm D-20 guns, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation at the forward edge and inflicted damage on formations of 33rd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 118th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novoukrainka, Zelyonoye Pole, and Zolotaya Niva (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops repelled three counterattacks launched by assault detachments of 72nd Mechanised Brigade and 110th Territorial Defence Brigade. The losses of the enemy are as follows: up to 135 troops, three motor vehicles, a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, and a French-made 155mm Caesar howitzer.
?The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted damage on manpower and materiel of the 128th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, 35th, 37th Naval Infantry brigades, 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Zherebyanki (Zaporozhye region), Vesyoloye, Ivanovka (Kherson region), and the city of Kherson.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops, three motor vehicles, and two 152mm Msta-B howitzers. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
?Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged radio communication centre of the AFU, workshops producing UAVs, and a UAV depot, and clusters of manpower and materiel of the enemy in 153 areas.
The AD downed four French-made Hammer guided bombs, 14 U.S.-made HIMARS and Czech-made Vampire rockets, and 31 fixed-wing UAVs.
?In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 32,218 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,348 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,462 MLRS combat vehicles, 15,187 field artillery guns and mortars, and 26,467 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (25 September 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of the Russian Federation.
?The Sever Group of Forces continued offensive and inflicted losses on formations of the 21st, 22nd, 41st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Novy Put, Nikolayevo-Daryino, and Plekhovo.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Sever Group of Forces repelled two enemy counterattacks near Lyubimovka.
As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 15 troops killed and wounded, an armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles. One AFU serviceman was taken prisoner.
With the support of army aviation and artillery fire, three AFU attempts to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of Novy Put were foiled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops killed and wounded, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armoured fighting vehicle, and a motor vehicle.
Air strikes, artillery fire, and actions of the troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd, 116th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Ivashkovsky, Kruglenkoye, Kositsa, Martynovka, Mikhaylovka, Malaya Loknya, Malaya Obukhovka, Medvezhye, Novy Put, Pravda, Pokrovskoye, Plekhovo, Rubanshchina, and Tolsty Lug.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, and Missile Troops delivered strikes in Sumy region at concentration areas and reserves of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, and 103rd, 106th, 107th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Belopolye, Belovody, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Bruski, Vladimirovka, Zhuravka, Komsomolsky, Manukhovka, Novaya Sloboda, Obody, Pavlovka, Rechki, Revyakino, Sosnovka, Stepanovka, Sumy, Shalygino, and Khoten.
Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have suffered the following losses: over 300 troops, seven armoured vehicles, three tanks, including two German-made Leopard tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, and three armoured fighting vehicles, two artillery guns, and six motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 17,000 troops, 130 tanks, 62 infantry fighting vehicles, 95 armoured personnel carriers, 812 armoured fighting vehicles, 514 motor vehicles, 138 artillery guns, 31 MLRS launchers, including eight of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, eight SAM launchers, five transport-loading vehicles, 35 electronic warfare stations and eight counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, 18 engineering vehicles, including 11 counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, as well as one armoured recovery vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.