[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of one AFU motorized infantry brigade close to Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 troops, two motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.
As a result of offensive actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have liberated Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
Two mechanized brigades and one infantry brigade of the AFU suffered losses near Ivanovka, Yampol, and Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops, one US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, three armored fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. One field ammunition depot was destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions, defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, one motorized infantry brigade, and two assault brigades of the AFU close to Dachnoye, Fyodorovka, Podolskoye, Nikolayevka, and Mayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) .
The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, one armored fighting vehicle, and one motor vehicle. Four AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units have continued advancing into the depths of the enemy's defense and liberated Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of five mechanized brigades, one motorized infantry brigade, and two national guard brigades close to Petrovka, Dzerzhinsk, Novoyelizavetovka, Novovasilevka, Lysovka, and Slavyanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 545 troops, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, three motor vehicles, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units advanced into the depths of the enemy's defense, defeated units of two mechanized brigades of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defense brigades close to Konstantinopol, Novy Komar, Bogatyr (Donetsk People's Republic), Gulyai Pole, and Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 troops, one tank, one armored fighting vehicle, one motor vehicle, and two French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery systems.
The Dnepr Group of Forces' units have engaged manpower and hardware of one mechanized brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one territorial defense brigade near Tokarevka, Antonovka, Daryevka (Kherson region), and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 troops, six motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. One electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot have been neutralized.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, UAV workshops and depots, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 152 areas.
Air defense systems shot down one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, eight US-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 86 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,878 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,684 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,809 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,501 units of support military vehicles have been neutralized.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (20 January 2025)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
During the offensive actions, the Sever Group of Forces' units inflicted fire damage on formations of one tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades of the AFU close to Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Sverdlikovo, and Yuzhny. Four enemy counter-attacks were repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU close to Agronom, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kubatkin, Lebedevka, Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Belovody, Vodolagi, Veselovka, Zhuravka, and Khrapovshchina in Sumy region.
During the day, AFU losses amounted to more than 460 troops, four tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 57 motor vehicles, five artillery guns, one mortar, one electronic warfare station, one armoured recovery vehicle, four UAV command posts, and one ammunition depot.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 53,330 troops, 308 tanks, 236 infantry fighting vehicles, 175 armoured personnel carriers, 1,581 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,565 motor vehicles, 378 artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 94 EW stations, 14 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 31 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, nine armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.