[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 foreign mercenaries, manpower, and hardware of 122nd and 125th Territorial Defence brigades near Veliky Burluk, Malye Prokhody, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, four 152mm D-20 howitzers, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers. Two ammunition depots have been wiped out.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops have hit AFU 63rd, 67th Mechanised brigades, and the 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kirovsk, Terny, and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by assault detachments of AFU’s 14th and 28th Mechanised brigades have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 440 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, one Partizan multiple-launch rocket system, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns. Three ammunition depots have been wiped out.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the tactical position. Russian troops have inflicted fire damage on 24th, 54th, 110th Mechanised brigades, 46th and 77th Airmobile brigades of the AFU near Slavyansk, Seversk, Dachnoye, Andreyevka, Dobrovolye, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by enemy assault detachments have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 625 troops, three motor vehicles, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers. Two electronic warfare stations and one ammunition depot have been eliminated.
As a result of successful offensive actions, the units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have liberated Leninskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops have delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of 24th, 42nd, 117th Mechanised brigades, 68th, 71st, 152nd Jaeger brigades, and the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade near Petrovka, Dyleyevka, Selidovo, Ilyinka, Novogrodovka, and Novodmitrovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counterattacks of AFU assault detachments have been repelled.
The AFU losses were more than 370 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, five armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have liberated Makarovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops have delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of 113th, 117th, and 129th Territorial defence brigades near Razliv, Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region).
One counterattack launched by an AFU assault group has been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 140 troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and two 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the 118th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 124th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades, and the 3rd National Guard Brigade close to Orekhov, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Mikhaylovka, and Kamyshany (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 110 troops, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged Ukrainian power infrastructure that supported actions of the AFU, the military airfield infrastructure, manufacturing shops and storage areas of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 165 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 102 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,960 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,343 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,489 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,972 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,437 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 (16 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 units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd, 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Aleksandriya, Daryino, Martynovka, Maryevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Pogrebki, and Sverdlikovo.
Army Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Lebedevka, Novoivanovka, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
During the day, the enemy losses were 255 troops, three armoured personnel carriers, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, one anti-aircraft missile system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one electronic warfare station.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses were more than 32,930 troops, 213 tanks, 136 infantry fighting vehicles, 115 armoured personnel carriers, 1,167 armoured fighting vehicles, 951 motor vehicles, 284 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 65 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.