[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, the units of the Sever Group of Forces have defeated formations of the AFU 71st Airmobile Brigade, the 95th Air Assault Brigade, the 113h Territorial Defence Brigade, and the 5th Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Volchansk, Liptsy, Udy, and Odnorobovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were more than 25 troops, three motor vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 43rd, 60th, 630th, 92nd Mechanised brigades, the 3rd Assault Brigade, 115th, 125th Territorial Defence brigades, and the 1st National Guard Brigade close to Borovskaya Andreyevka, Pershotravnyovoye, Kovsharovka, Senkovo, Boguslavka (Kharkov region), Petrovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counter-attacks of the 3rd Tank Brigade and the 60th Mechanised Brigade's assault detachments have been repelled. The AFU losses were up to 440 troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, one 155mm M-198 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two UK-made 105mm L-119 guns. Three ammunition depots and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station have been neutralised.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of enemy defences. Russian troops have inflicted fire damage on 30th, 33rd, 54th, 67th Mechanised brigades, the 46th Airmobile Brigade, 5th and 79th Air Assault Brigades of the AFU near Konstantinovka, Predtechino, Minkovka, Chasov Yar, Kurakhovo, Dalneye, and Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack of the AFU 33rd Mechanised Brigade has been repelled. The AFU losses were more than 490 troops, one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, two UK-made L-119 105mm guns, two ammunition depots, and six electronic warfare stations.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 32nd, 110th Mechanised brigades, the 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, the 25th Airborne Brigade, the 68th Jaeger Brigade, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, 101st, 117th, 119th Territorial Defence brigades, 12th and 14th National Guard brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Dimitrov, Baranovka, Kleban-Byk, Dyleyevka, Novoselidovka, Dzerzhinsk, Berestki, Shcherbinovka, Mirolyubovka, Shevchenko, and Nelepovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
10 counter-attacks of 35th, 93rd, 100th, 117th Mechanised brigades, the 152nd Jaeger Brigade, 49th and 425th Assault battalions of the AFU, and the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade have been repelled. The AFU losses were more than 420 troops, one M-113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, three pick-up trucks, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira gun.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line, inflicted fire damage on the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Uspenovka, Ostrovskoye, Velikaya Novosyolka, and Razdolnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counter-attacks of the AFU 23rd Mechanised Brigade and the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade have been repelled. The AFU losses were up to 110 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and two French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery systems.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the 110th Mechanised Brigade, 124th, 126th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades close to Nikopol (Dnepropetrovsk region), Oskorovka, Nikolskoye (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses were up to 65 troops, two motor vehicles, and two ammunition depots.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, engergetic facilities and an oil refinery that supported the AFU, production plants and storage areas of uncrewed surface vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 132 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down four U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS projectiles, one French-made Hammer aerial guided bomb, and 42 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,258 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,038 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,484 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,295 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,972 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 (4 November 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 offensive actions, inflicted fire damage on units of 21st, 22nd, 41st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 112th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Daryino, Leonidovo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo.
The Group's units repelled two enemy counter-attacks in the direction of Novoivanovka, and thwarted AFU attacks in the direction of Leonidovo and Plyokhovo. The AFU losses were up to 30 troops killed and wounded, and two motor vehicles.
Army Aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower and hardware of 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 61st Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 80th and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade as well as the 1st Special Operations Brigade, 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 17th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine near Bogdanovka, Bondarevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Kazachaya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and missile troops delivered strikes at concentration areas in Sumy region and reserves of 22nd, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 82nd and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 1st Special Operations Brigade, 106th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Belovody, Zhuravka, Kiyanitsa, Miropolye, Obody, Pavlovka, and Khoten.
In the past 24 hours, the AFU have lost more than 350 troops, four tanks, four U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, and 15 armoured fighting vehicles as well as four artillery guns, two mortars, one Osa anti-aircraft missile system, 23 motor vehicles, and one piece of engineering equipment.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 29,600 troops, 184 tanks, 106 infantry fighting vehicles, 107 armoured personnel carriers, 1,078 armoured fighting vehicles, 808 motor vehicles, 259 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 11 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 59 EW stations, 12 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 26 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.