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| Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (13 October 2024) |
| 2024-10-14 |
| Article Linked Is Available Only Via VPN. [EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation. The units of the Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions have hit formations of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade and the 129th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Okhrimovka, Chaikovka, Liptsy (Kharkov region), and Katerinovka (Sumy region). The AFU losses were up to 40 troops, three motor vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers. One UAV depot has been neutralised. The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 14th, 30th, 44th, 53rd Mechanised brigades of the AFU and the 119th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Petropavlovka, Kupyansk, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counterattacks of assault detachments of the 1st Brigade of the National Guard have been repelled. The enemy losses were up to 510 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one infantry fighting vehicle, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, 12 pick-up trucks, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle. One U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare station and three ammunition depots have been destroyed. The units of the Yug Group of Forces continue to advance to the depths of enemy defences, defeating units of 28th, 30th Mechanised brigades, 79th Air Assault brigades, the 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, the 101st Guard Brigade of AFU General Staff, 116th and 117th Territorial Defence brigades near Dyleyevka, Zaliznyanskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Markovo, Kurakhovo, and Yelizavetovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counterattacks of the AFU 81st Airmobile Brigade have been repelled. The enemy losses were up to 615 troops, five motor vehicles, one 155mm UK-made FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzer, and one 122mjm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle. One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot have been destroyed. As a result of decisive actions, the units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have liberated Mikhaylovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Russian troops have hit AFU 24th, 28th, 100th, 157th Mechanised brigades, 68th Infantry Brigade, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade close to Shcherbinovka, Ivanopolye, Selidovo, Lysovka, Tarasovka, Nikolayevka, Dimitrov, Tsukurino, and Dzerzhinsk (Donetsk People's Republic). In addition, 11 counter-attacks by 42nd, 100th, 157th Mechanised brigades, 5th Assault Brigade, the 79th Air Assault Regiment, 49th, 425th Assault battalions, and the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade have been repelled. The enemy losses were up to 460 troops, three U.S.-made HMMWV and Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, four 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun. The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have seized more advantageous lines and hit manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade close to Dobrovolye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region). Three counterattacks by assault detachments of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade, the 152nd Jaeger Brigade, and the 123rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled. The enemy losses were up to 130 troops, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, and one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system. The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged units of the AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, the 39th Coastal Defence Brigade, the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, and the 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Shlyakhovoye, Nikolskoye, Pridneprovskoye, Tokarevka (Kherson region), Novoandreyevka, and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region). The AFU losses were more than 50 troops, five motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. One U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare station and two materiel depots have been neutralised. Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have hit the infrastructure of a military airfield, depots of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of AFU manpower and military hardware in 138 areas. Air defence facilities have shot down five U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, two Neptune long-range guided missiles, and 36 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 33,580 unmanned aerial vehicles, 582 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,619 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,472 MLRS combat vehicles, 16,106 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,230 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised. More from the Russian Ministry of Defense Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (13 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 units of the Sever Group of Forces continued their offensive actions, in the course of which the formations of 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 1st Brigade of the National Guard as well as 103rd and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hit near Daryino, Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Tolsty Lug, Novy Put, and Plekhovo. In addition, over the past 24 hours, the Group's units have repelled five enemy counterattacks in the direction of Zelyony Shlyakh, Nizhniy Klin, and Pokrovsky as well as one attempt to break through the State border of the Russian Federation in the direction of Novy Put. As a result, the AFU losses were up to 80 people killed and wounded, three tanks, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured fighting vehicle, and four motor vehicles. Army aviation and artillery have hit clusters of manpower and hardware of 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 61st Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 1st Brigade of the National Guard, and 112th, 116th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gogolevka, Daryino, Zaoleshinka, Ivashkovsky, Kruglenkoye, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Novy Put, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Orlovka, Novoivanovka, Nikolayevka, Plekhovo, Sverdlikovo, Tolsty Lug, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops have carried out strikes against concentration areas in Sumy region and reserves of 21st, 47th, 61st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 80th, and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 1st Brigade of the National Guard as well as 103rd and 117th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Belopolye, Belovody, Buryn, Bunyakino, Velikaya Chernetchina, Zhuravka, Iskriskovshchina, Kiyanitsa, Mirlogi, Novaya Sloboda, Obody, Pavlovka, Petrushevka, Rechki, Rovnoye, Stepanovka, Sumy, and Shpil. During the day, the AFU losses were more than 300 people, 10 armoured vehicles, including seven tanks, two German-made Leopard tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured fighting vehicles as well as one British-made AS-90 self-propelled artillery system, two mortars, and 11 motor vehicles. Eight AFU servicemen surrendered. In total, the enemy lost more than 22,600 servicemen, 157 tanks, 72 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armoured personnel carriers, 909 armoured fighting vehicles, 619 motor vehicles, 186 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. |
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