[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions engaged the units of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade, 92nd Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade in Malye Prokhody, Liptsy, Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Volchansk, and Khripuny (Kharkov region).
The AFU lost up to 95 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, and one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
The Zapad Group's units have taken more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit personnel and materiel of the 30th, 44th, 63rd, 66th Mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 114th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 1st National Guard Brigade close to Kupyansk, Petropavlovka, Novoosinovo, Kruglyakovka, Lozovaya, and Druzhelyubovka (Kharkov region), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 14th and 116th Mechanised brigades of the AFU were repelled.
The enemy losses amounted to more than 410 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, one UK-made 105mm L-119 gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers; and one M-113 armoured personnel carrier, one MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, and one 155mm M-198 howitzer made by the USA.
One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and two field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of enemy defences. The Group engaged the units of the 22nd, 30th, 54th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 144th Infantry Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 18th National Guard Brigade close to Serebryanka, Alekseyevo-Druzkovka, Seversk, Nikiforovka, Verolyubovka, Stupochki, Predtechino, Belaya Gora, Maksimilyanovka, and Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 28th Mechanised Brigade and 81st Airmobile Brigade of the AFU were repelled.
The enemy sustained losses of up to 590 troops, 19 motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, and three U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzers, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and two field ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of decisive actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces units, Grodovka (Donetsk People's Republic) was liberated.
They also inflicted fire damage on the 23rd, 24th, 33rd, and 150th Mechanised brigades, 5th Tank Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, 112th, 117th, and 120th Territorial Defence brigades, 12th and 14th National Guard brigades close to Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Dzerzhinsk, Sukhaya Balka, Dimitrov, Lysovka, Selidovo, Tsukurino, Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Raypole (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Ten counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 42nd, 53rd, 100th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 152nd Infantry Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, and 49th Assault Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.
The enemy lost more than 420 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, three 152mm Msta-B howitzers, and two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces has improved the tactical situation. They inflicted damage on manpower and materiel of the 33rd and 72nd Mechanised brigades, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 110th and 128th Territorial Defence brigades, and 21st National Guard Brigade close to Dobrovolye, Zolotaya Niva, Velikaya Novoselka, Razliv, Zelyonoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Russian troops repelled a counterattack launched by an assault group of the 116th Territorial Defence Brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, nine motor vehicles, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, one 152mm D-20 gun and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces has engaged personnel and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, and the 124th Territorial Defence brigades close to Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region), Nikolskoye, and Veletenskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, five motor vehicles, three 152mm D-20 guns, and one field ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have obliterated an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 multi-role radar and hit the infrastructure of two military airfields, depots storing ammunition and military hardware of the AFU, production workshops and storage sites of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as clusters of manpower and military hardware of the AFU in 129 areas.
Air defence systems shot down three ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, five U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, as well as 74 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 33,013 unmanned aerial vehicles, 580 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,544 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,469 MLRS combat vehicles, 15,743 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,020 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (7 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 continued the offensive operation to engage formations of 22nd, 41st, 47th 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade, 103rd and 129th territorial defence brigades of the AFU close to Daryino, Lyubimovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novy Put, and Plekhovo.
Over the past 24 hours, the Group's units have repelled two counter-attacks of the enemy in the direction of Kremennoye and Plekhovo, as well as thwarted attempts to attack in the direction of Lyubimovka and Russkoye Porechnoye.
The enemy lost up to 30 people killed and wounded, one armoured fighting vehicle, and one motor vehicle.
Army Aviation and artillery fire inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th and 95th air assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade, 103rd and 129th territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Bogdanovka, Daryino, Kazachaya Loknya, Lyubimovka, Martynovka, Mirny, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novy Put, Novoivanovka, Orlovka, Plekhovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Tolsy Lug, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops launched strikes in Sumy region on concentration areas and reserves of the 21st, 47th, and 115th mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade, 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Katerinovka, Kondratovka, Makeyevka, Pavlovka, Obody, Pavlovka, Rechki, Khoten, and Shpil.
Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine sustained losses of more than 150 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, two artillery guns, four mortars, and two motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 21,000 troops, 136 tanks, 66 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armoured personnel carriers, 888 armoured fighting vehicles, 586 motor vehicles, 173 artillery guns, 33 MLRS launchers, including eight of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 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.