[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions hit units of the AFU 57th Mechanised Infantry Brigade and the 13th National Guard Brigade close to Volchansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region). The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Moreover, Russian units damaged manpower and materiel of 3rd, 4th Tank brigades, 14th, 30th, 44th, 53rd, 63rd Mechanised brigades near Kupyansk, Petropavlovka, Shiykovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Grigorovka, and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counterattacks of the AFU 28th and 116th Mechanised brigades were repelled. The enemy lost up to 400 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, a U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns. Plastun and Qvertus electronic warfare stations, four counter-battery radar stations, and five field ammunition depots were eliminated.
The Yug Group's units engaged 23rd, 30th, 33rd, 54th Mechanised brigades, 143rd Infantry Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 1st National Guard Brigades near Stupochki, Seversk, Minkovka, Zalyznyanskoye, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counter-attacks of the AFU 56th Mechanised Infantry Brigade, 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 81st Airmobile Brigade were repelled. The enemy's losses are up to 530 troops, two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a French-made 155mm Caesar howitzer, a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, a Msta-B 152mm howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzers. Four AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depths of enemy defences. Russian units caused damage to 24th, 150th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 109th, 117th Territorial Defence brigades, 14th and 15th National Guard brigades, close to Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Nelepovka, Druzhba, Novoolenovka, Novoekonomicheskoye, Dzerzhinsk, Tsukurino, and Selidovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
Nine counter-attacks of 42nd, 100th Mechanised brigades, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 55th Assault Brigade, 25th Air Assault Brigade, 49th and 429th Assault Battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 460 troops, two pickups, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Vostok Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, the 21st National Guard brigade, and the 48th Territorial Defence Battalion near Dobrovolye, Velikaya Novoselka, Oktyabr, Zolotaya Niva (Donetsk People's Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
Two counterattacks of the 110th, 116th, and 118th Territorial Defence brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 120 troops, nine motor vehicles, a U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, and a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged the formations 65th Mechanised Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU, 35th, 37th Naval Infantry brigades, 108th, and 126th Territorial Defence brigades close to Malaya Tokmachka, Novoyakovlevka, Zherebyanka (Zaporozhye region), Lvovo and Tokarevka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, five motor vehicles, and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system. One counterbattery radar station was neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces hit the fuel base near Odessa, the infrastructure of the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnitsky region, as well as the command and control posts of unmanned aerial vehicles, clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 137 areas.
Air defence systems shot down three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 68 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 32,939 unmanned aerial vehicles, 580 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,532 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,469 MLRS combat vehicles, 15,680 field artillery guns and mortars, and 26,972 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 (6 October 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces continues the offensive operation and engaged formations of 22nd, 41st 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, the 1st National Guard Brigade, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, as well as 103rd and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Daryino, Lyubimovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novy Put, and Plekhovo.
Over the past 24 hours, the Sever Group of Forces repelled two enemy counter-attacks towards Plekhovo.
As a result, up to 30 people were killed and wounded and a motor vehicle was neutralised.
With the support of Army Aviation and artillery fire, two AFU attempts to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of Novy Put were foiled.
The AFU losses are about 20 troops killed and wounded, and one AFU serviceman surrendered.
Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on clusters of manpower and hardware of the 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, and 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, as well as the 103rd, 112th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine nea Daryino, Kositsa, Kozachyaya Loknya, Lyubimovka, Martynovka, Mikhaylovka, Melovy, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Orlovka< Plekhovo, Tolsty Lug, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Yuzhny.
Operational-Tactical and Missile Troops have attacked concentration areas in the Sumy region and reserves of the 21st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 101st, 103rd, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the 17th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine near Velikaya Pesarevka, Katerinovka, Konotop, Mirpolskoye, Mirpolye, Makeyevka, Pavlovka, Petrovskoye, Rechki, Ulanovo, and Frunzenka.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU lost about 200 troops, seven pieces of materiel were destroyed, including an artillery gun, three mortars, two motor vehicles, and an electronic warfare station. One serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 20,800 troops, 136 tanks, 66 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armoured personnel carriers, 885 armoured fighting vehicles, 584 motor vehicles, 171 artillery guns, 33 MLRS launchers, including eight of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the U.S., nine SAM launchers, five transport-loading vehicles, 45 electronic warfare stations and nine counter-battery radars, three air defence radars, 22 engineering and other vehicles, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, and three armoured recovery vehicles.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.