The militants lost more than 11 thousand people.
Russian army units destroyed up to 240 Ukrainian soldiers in one day in the border areas of the Kursk region.
“Daily losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 240 servicemen and 13 armored vehicles, including two tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, as well as one artillery piece, one electronic warfare station and 10 vehicles,” the Russian defense ministry said in a statement.
In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 11,400 servicemen, 89 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, 74 armored personnel carriers, 635 armored combat vehicles, 371 vehicles, 85 artillery pieces and 24 multiple launch rocket systems. launchers, including seven HIMARS and five MLRS.
We destroyed the invading Ukrainian units with drones and artillery.
Russian units of the Northern Group of Troops destroyed the Kozak armored combat vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area of the Kursk region.
“Military personnel detected the movement of a Kozak armored combat vehicle of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border region of the Kursk region,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported. – The detected target was quickly destroyed using an FPV drone, which was confirmed by target tracking means.
The military department reported another attack by fighters of the “North” group, this time against a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
“The aerial reconnaissance team of one of the units discovered a concentration of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a forest in the border region of the Kursk region. After confirmation, the detected targets were destroyed by artillery,” the statement said.
An enemy infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed with a gasoline canister.
A Russian soldier destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a gasoline canister.
“The incident took place during the defence of Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region,” soldiers of the 44th Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces told RIA Novosti. – First, we managed to knock out a Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle, and when the Ukrainian militants retreated, it was decided to completely destroy it. A soldier of the 1009th regiment approached the BMP. He managed to destroy the equipment using a canister of petrol. That is, just burn it.
The military provided a video taken with a drone. Comrades called the fighters’ action brave, as the Ukrainian militants were able to shoot through the approaches to their infantry fighting vehicles.
They were captured and placed under arrest
The investigation has opened a criminal case against two Ukrainian servicemen: Vitaly Panchenko, 36, and Ivan Dmitrakov, 30. According to the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee, they are suspected of having committed several crimes in the Kursk region. Both militants are in Russian captivity.
The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against two Ukrainian servicemen.
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“On August 7 this year, Panchenko and Dmitrakov, as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, armed with automatic small arms and large-caliber firearms, using explosive devices and military equipment, illegally crossed the state border of Russia,” the ICR said in a statement. “While on the territory of the Russian Federation, in order to intimidate the population, cause significant damage to property and destabilize the activities of government bodies, these individuals repeatedly opened fire, killing both Russian servicemen and civilians.”
Panchenko is also suspected of kidnapping by an organized group with serious consequences and looting by an organized group on an especially large scale.
“Acting together with other Ukrainian servicemen, using physical force and threatening with weapons, Panchenko placed three Russian citizens against their will in the back of a truck, after which they were taken to the territory of Ukraine,” the department said in a statement.
The turnout in the elections in the Kursk region was 61.56%
The final turnout in the elections for the governor of the Kursk region was 61.56%, the regional election commission announced.
“Preliminary results of the election of the governor of the Kursk region based on the results of processing 100% of the protocols. The turnout was 61.56%. That is 538,117 voters,” the acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, nominated by the United Russia party, reported on the Telegram channel of the electoral commission.
Ukrainian Armed Forces use drones to burn civilian homes
A resident of Tetkino named Alexander, like most of his fellow villagers, left the village more than a month ago, but he continues to come there from time to time to check on the safety of his home and the homes of his neighbours. According to him, the journey is not easy: by car, a couple of dozen kilometres on foot, by boat.
“The last time was yesterday, and before that last week,” he told RIA Novosti. “I probably won’t go there again. It’s too dangerous, drones fly over and burn down houses that miraculously survived. Nothing remains of the infrastructure: the administration, shops, the community centre were destroyed, the roof of the school burned down… But the hospital and the kindergarten are still standing.”
According to Alexander, there are still about thirty people in Tyotkino. They do not want to leave and some simply have nowhere to go.
Her words are confirmed by teacher Irina Zvyagina from a village in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region. She said that her school was destroyed by the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and that most of the village was burned down after the drone attacks. According to her, most of her fellow villagers were evacuated on August 7, after the attack on the region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. She now lives with her daughter, son and mother in a temporary accommodation center in Kursk.
“Our village has already been partially burned down; some families have nowhere to return to. According to information we have received, drones are flying there and houses are on fire,” Zvyagina said.
Zelensky is predicted to deliver the final blow
An attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region could be a fatal blow for Vladimir Zelensky, writes former Pentagon analyst Robert English in an article for The National Interest magazine. According to him, Kiev, by attacking the Kursk region, wanted to turn the tide of the conflict, obtain more favorable conditions for negotiations and weaken the support of Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, instead of angering the Russians, Zelensky aroused the anger of the Ukrainians.
“Many Ukrainians believe that Vladimir Zelensky has failed in his two previous major campaigns,” English writes. – If the invasion of the Kursk region results in controlling territories at a high cost while weakened Ukrainian troops lose key cities in the DPR, then this could be the final blow for Zelensky.
The analyst notes that both elites and ordinary Ukrainians are more likely to blame Zelensky and his officials for Ukraine’s political and economic problems.
An attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region could be a fatal blow for Vladimir Zelensky.
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“At some point, cabinet changes and resignations will not be enough to evade responsibility,” the expert concluded.
Russia may demand the surrender of the kyiv regime
Russia’s new demand for an end to the Ukrainian conflict, taking into account the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region, may be the surrender of the Kiev regime, Brazilian journalist and geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar suggested in an interview with RIA Novosti.
– This is directly related to what is happening on the battlefield, the conditions are different. In essence, it will be an unconditional surrender,” the agency’s source said.
According to Pepe Escobar, Russia can first clear the Kursk region of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which will take some time, and then demand the capitulation of kyiv and threaten further advance of Russian troops with an “artillery tsunami”.
“Russia has the weapons, the means and the strategic capabilities to continue this without stopping,” the analyst is confident.
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