[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 units of two territorial defence brigades near Velikiye Prokhody and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 75 troops and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one airmobile brigade, three territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard brigade close to Dvurechnaya, Zagryzovo, Zeleny Gai, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.
Russian troops have repelled nine counter-attacks of AFU assault detachments.
The AFU losses were up to 455 troops, two pickup trucks, one 155mm M-198 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun, one 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one UK-made 105mm L119 gun, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The Yug Group of Forces' units continued to advance into the depths of enemy defences, defeated formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and one air assault brigade of the AFU near Kurakhovo, Verkhnekamenskoye, Novomarkovo, Ostrovskogo, Ulakly, and Yantarnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack of enemy assault detachment has been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 240 troops, two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun. Two ammunition depots have been destroyed.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have captured more advantageous lines, defeated manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, and one assault battalion of the AFU close to Dzerzhinsk, Dimitrov, Pushkino, Zheltoye, and Zarya (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, 10 AFU counterattacks have been repelled.
The AFU losses were more than 555 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, two pickup trucks, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, one 152mm D-20 gun, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units have improved the situation along the front line, defeated units of one naval infantry brigade and three territorial defence brigades close to Konstantinopol, Dneproenergiya, Vremevka, and Novoocheretovatoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by enemy assault detachments have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 150 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, one 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, one 155mm UK-made FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one electronic warfare station.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade and two territorial defence brigades close to Malaya Tokmachka, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Pridneprovskoye (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses were up to 55 troops, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and five motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have delivered strikes at the infrastructure of military airfields, railway facilities providing delivery of Western-made hardware to the AFU, assembly and storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles, one POL depot as well as engaged manpower and military hardware clusters in 147 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down 10 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 36 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 649 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 37,504 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,713 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,500 MLRS combat vehicles, 19,274 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,109 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 (9 December 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 three mechanised brigades, one heavy mechanised brigade, one tank brigade, three air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, one security brigade as well as three territorial defence brigades near Viktorovka, Guyevo, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, and Sverdlikovo.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Aleksandriya, Kazachya Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Nizhny Klin, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Zhuravka, Miropolye, and Pavlovka (Sumy region).
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses have amounted to more than 200 troops, two tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and three mortars.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 39,460 troops, 234 tanks, 171 infantry fighting vehicles, 123 armoured personnel carriers, 1,241 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,100 motor vehicles, 308 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, 72 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.