[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions engaged formations of 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Velikiye Prokhody and Volchanskiye Khutora (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 troops, eight motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. One materiel depot was wiped out.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Russian units hit manpower and hardware of the 14th, 30th, 53rd, 63rd, 77th Mechanised brigades, and 3rd Assault Brigade near Petropavlovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova, and Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), as well as Olivovsky Yar.
Two counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled. The enemy losses were up to 465 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, ten motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-114 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105mm L-119 gun. Three ammunition depots were wiped out.
The Yug Group of Forces engaged 23rd, 24th, 30th, 33rd Mechanised brigades, 5th Assault Brigade, and 81st Aeromobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Chasov Yar, Katerinovka, Zaliznyanskoye, Minkovka, Stupochki, Antonovka, and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks of AFU assault groups were repelled. The AFU lost up to 640 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, one Swedish-made 155mm Archer self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers. Six ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depths of enemy defences. The Russian units damaged manpower and materiel of 110th Mechanised Brigade, 142nd, 152nd Motorised Infantry brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 38th Naval Infantry Brigade, 109th Terrorist Brigade, and 14th National Guard Brigade near Dimitrov, Novodmitrovka, Selidovo, Druzhba, and Sukhaya Balka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Seven counterattacks of the 100th Mechanised Brigade and 49th Assault Battalion were repelled. The enemy losses were up to 490 troops, eight motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one 100mm Rapira gun.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The units of the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 21st National Guard Brigade were hit close to Velikaya Novoselka and Oktyabr (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counterattacks were repelled of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade. The enemy lost up to 140 troops and 11 motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of the 31st, 118th Mechanised brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 141st Infantry Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd and 108th Territorial Defence brigades near Kazatskoye (Kherson region), Kamenskoye, Novodanilovka, Belogorye, and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, seven motor vehicles, one 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, one 85mm D-44 battalion gun, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged Ukrainian energy facilities that supported the defence industry of Ukraine, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 146 areas.
Air defence facilities shot down 11 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 125 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 33,544 unmanned aerial vehicles, 582 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,611 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,470 MLRS combat vehicles, 16,048 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,197 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 (12 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 their offensive actions, in the course of which the formations of the 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 1st National Guard Brigade, as well as the 103rd and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit near Daryino, Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Tolsty Lug, Novy Put, and Plekhovo.
In addition, over the past 24 hours, the Group's units repelled five enemy counter-attacks in the direction of Lyubimovka, Tolsty Lug, and Novoivanovka. As a result, the AFU lost up to 60 people killed and wounded, two tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, and five motor vehicles.
Army aviation and artillery fire hit clusters of manpower and hardware of the 21st, 22nd, 47th, and 61st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 1st National Guard Brigade, as well as the 103rd, 112th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Vladimirovka, Daryino, Kolmakov, Kozhachaya Loknya, Lyubimovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Nikolayevo-Darino, Novy Put, Novoivanovka, Orlovka, Plekhovo, Sverdlikovo, Sudzha, Tolsty Lug, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops launched strikes at concentration areas in Sumy region and reserves of the 21st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, the 95th Air Assault Brigade, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, as well as the 103rd and 119th Territorial Defence brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Belopolye, Belovody, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Vorozhba, Vodolagi, Kislaya Dubina, Mirlogi, Obody, Pavlovka, Rechki, Stepanovka, Sumy, and Shpil.
During the day, the AFU losses amounted to more than 400 troops, 18 armoured vehicles, including six tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, 10 armoured fighting vehicles, as well as four artillery guns, two multiple rocket launchers (U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS and Czech-made Vampire MLRS launchers), four mortars, one electronic warfare station, and 14 motor vehicles. Seven AFU servicemen surrendered.
In total, the enemy lost more than 22,300 servicemen, 150 tanks, 71 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armoured personnel carriers, 907 armoured fighting vehicles, 608 motor vehicles, 185 artillery guns, 36 multiple rocket launchers, including nine HIMARS and six U.S.-made MLRSs, nine anti-aircraft missile launchers, five transport and loading vehicles, 48 EW stations, nine counter-battery warfare radars, three air defence systems, 22 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 engineering barriers, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, and three armoured recovery vehicles.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.