[Korrespondent] To regain control over the Kursk region, Putin sent 50,000 soldiers from Russia and North Korea.
Russians are trying to storm Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region, but this ends in heavy losses for them. Vladimir Putin gave the order to regain control of the Kursk region by January 20, the day of the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, The Telegraph writes. According to the publication, Putin sent 50,000 soldiers from Russia and North Korea to regain control of the Kursk region.
HUGE LOSSES
DeepState project analysts reported that on Monday, November 11, Russians made multiple attempts to "drop into" the village of Novoivanovka in the Kursk region or its outskirts. The enemy used almost thirty units of military equipment and lost at least 18 of them. Analysts also reported that the number of killed or wounded soldiers of the aggressor country could reach 300 people. The survivors "dug into the plantings or fled."
"It was truly a black day for the Russian occupiers, who tried to storm in five or six waves. That is, they tried to fly in on equipment, with paratroopers, and storm populated areas. However, ten armored vehicles were destroyed by soldiers of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade," said Anastasia Blishchik, press officer of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade, adding that three enemy armored personnel carriers were blown up by mines, and other equipment was destroyed using FPV drones and Stugna ATGMs.
The rest of the armored vehicles were destroyed by the adjacent brigades, with which the fighters of the 47th separate mechanized brigade are stationed in the same direction. According to Blishchik, the enemy also suffered losses in manpower. Those Russians who survived "ran away and hid in the plantings."
“That is, such a failed assault by Russian occupiers took place,” the press officer emphasized.
FOR THE SAKE OF NEGOTIATIONS
British military intelligence assesses that Russia is likely to step up attacks using kamikaze drones on Ukrainian positions in the coming days, using new launch sites located near the border.
Around 12,000 North Korean conscripts will also presumably take part in the battles for the Kursk region under a military agreement between Russia and the DPRK concluded this year.
Ukrainian analysts say the Kremlin could use a major counteroffensive in the Kursk region to intensify attacks and advance toward the Sumy region.
Russia has now regained control over about half of the territory captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the operation that began in August.
Western diplomats have expressed concern that Putin will try to complete the territorial takeover before Trump's inauguration to strengthen Russia's hand in future peace talks.
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During the one hundred days of the Kursk operation, the Russian Federation dropped more than three thousand UABs
While razing their own settlements to the ground and killing their own citizens, the Russians dropped 3,243 guided aerial bombs and 356 unguided aerial missiles on their own soil.
The operation of the Defense Forces in the Kursk region has lasted 100 days. During this time, the enemy has shelled its own territory 11,578 times. This was reported by the operational command North on Wednesday, November 13.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces specified that while razing their own settlements to the ground and killing their own citizens, the Russians dropped 3,243 guided air bombs and 356 unguided air missiles on their own soil.
"Today marks 100 days since the Ukrainian Defense Forces began the Kursk operation. During this time, the enemy shelled its own territory 11,578 times (51,456 explosions). While razing their own settlements to the ground and killing their own citizens, they dropped 3,245 unguided rockets, 2,462 explosive devices from UAVs, and used 2,175 FPV drones on their own land," the statement added.
In turn, Ukrainian soldiers burned dozens of armored vehicles and destroyed hundreds of enemies in the Kursk direction.
Let us recall that earlier the General Staff reported on the progress of the fighting in Kursk region.
It also became known that the Defense Forces repelled an intensive assault by Russian troops in the Kursk region, resulting in the destruction of an entire battalion of the enemy.