Russian troops attacked bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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The Ministry of Defense counts enemy losses
Russian army units destroyed more than 300 Ukrainian militants and 14 armored vehicles, including one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armored personnel carrier and 10 armored combat vehicles, in one day in the border areas of the Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.
“In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 14,950 servicemen,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. – In addition, 122 tanks, 52 infantry fighting vehicles, 93 armored personnel carriers, 768 armored combat vehicles, 464 vehicles, 109 artillery pieces, 28 multiple launch rocket system launchers, including seven HIMARS and six US-made MLRS, 8 anti-aircraft launchers, missile systems, four transport and loading vehicles, 28 electronic warfare stations, seven counter-battery radars, two air defense radars, 14 units of engineering equipment, of which eight mine-clearing engineering vehicles and one UR-77 mine-clearing installation. “
Russian troops attacked bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops defeated the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Bogdanovka, Daryino, Kurilovka, Kozachya Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Novy Put, Cherkasskaya Konopelka and other settlements in the Kursk region.
The Russian military department reports: “Air strikes, artillery fire and troop actions defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 61st and 115th mechanized, 17th tank, 80th Airborne Assault Brigades and 95, the 36th Marine Brigade and the 1st Brigade of the National Guard, as well as the 103rd and 129th Territorial Defense Brigades in the areas of Bogdanovka, Guevo, Daryino, Kurilovka, Kruglenkoye, Kolmakov , Kozachaya Loknya, Lyubimovka, Leonidovo, Makhnovka, Mikhailovka, Martynovka, Malaya Loknya, New Path , Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Obukhovka, Plekhovo, Tolsty Lug and Cherkasy Konopelka.”
The Russian National Guard has six tanks.
Six tanks, more than 10 armored combat vehicles and 10 vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were destroyed in the Kursk region, the press service of the Russian Guard told reporters.
“Units of the Russian Guard, which ensured security in the Kursk region, on whose territory the CTO regime operates, destroyed six tanks, more than 10 armored combat vehicles and more than 10 units of automotive equipment of the nationalist Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the statement said.
Russian Guard sappers carry out daily activities to search for and neutralize explosive objects, and intelligence officers carry out activities to identify enemy sabotage groups.
Su-25 and Mi-28NM fired missiles at militants
Russian Su-25 aircraft launched a missile attack on personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border region of the Kursk region.
“The crews of Su-25 attack aircraft attacked with unguided missiles a concentration of personnel, armored and automotive military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border region of the Kursk region,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It is noted that the attack was carried out against recognized targets. After using the air weapons, the crews performed an anti-missile maneuver, released the thermal traps and returned to the departure airfield. According to intelligence reports, all the specified targets were destroyed.
“Night hunters” – Mi-28NM helicopters – also attacked enemy personnel and equipment.
“An army aviation crew on board a Mi-28NM helicopter launched an airstrike against a concentration of personnel and armored vehicles of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border region of the Kursk region,” the Russian Defense Ministry reports. – The strike was carried out with air missiles against scouted enemy targets. After the strike, the crew returned safely to the place of departure. According to intelligence reports, personnel and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were successfully destroyed.”
Paratroopers attack logging companies
Paratroopers of an airborne unit of the Sever group of forces destroyed an infantry and a field ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region.
“Reconnaissance officers discovered that the enemy was gathering units in the forest, dispersing them and equipping positions,” the Russian Defense Ministry said. – The crew of the D-20 howitzer was tasked with destroying personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest and, with the help of UAV adjustments, hit the targets.
The fire was inflicted with high-explosive fragmentation ammunition of 152 mm caliber, which allowed to inflict maximum damage on enemy infantry.
“The assigned task was accomplished, enemy personnel as well as a field ammunition depot camouflaged in the forest were destroyed,” the defense department concluded.
Two tanks resisted the Armed Forces of Ukraine for two weeks near Sudzha
Two tank crews of the armored group of the combined artillery group “Press” of the Akhmat special forces and soldiers of the 1st assault detachment “Akhmat” held back the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Sudzha for two weeks, repelling enemy attacks. RIA Novosti was told by the deputy commander of an armored group with the call sign “Kaplodiy”.
“This is the crew of the legendary tank,” says the soldier. – He and another team that is now in the hospital were hit by a drone, but everyone is safe and sound, the injuries are minor. They had a great effect on the other side. Thanks to these tanks we stopped the enemy’s advance. We held the defense for two weeks, literally with two teams. The guys stood right at the positions, my driver and I carried the BC right there, they loaded right at the positions.
According to Kaplodius, the Ukrainian Armed Forces still understand that these crews are on the line of contact and are “hunting” them.
Militants shot at Russian prisoners…
Captured Ukrainian militant Alexander Husak told RIA Novosti that he shot three captured Russian soldiers on the orders of his commander. Three Russian servicemen were captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a battle near the village of Korenevo in the Kursk region. There, Gusak’s platoon tried to carry out the task assigned by the command: to open fire on a civilian train. Russian troops managed to prevent this.
“They came up to me and said, ‘Take a gun and shoot them,’” Gusak says. “I refused and he said, ‘For you, or me for you.’… I had no choice.”
According to him, after receiving the order, he went into the bushes and from there opened fire on the captured soldiers.
…and they burned peaceful houses
The Armed Forces of Ukraine dropped incendiary mixtures from Baba Yaga drones on civilian homes in border villages of the Kursk region, according to a resident of one of the villages evacuated from the Glushkovsky district.
– Baba Yaga came, there were four or five charges, – she said. – What a terrible noise. They threw it on purpose on the house, the kitchen, the barn – everything burned. There was some kind of incendiary mixture and all the people’s houses were on fire. But there were no soldiers in them. For example, they burned down the house of a former teacher and her husband.
Soldier with call sign “Mongol” thanks for rescue
Evacuated residents of the village of Tyotkino in the Kursk region thank the Russian serviceman with the call sign “Mongol” for saving them.
“He took us out of the village of Tyotkino on the 10th under fire in an armoured vehicle,” said Olga Prezenko, a resident of the village. “He risked his life more than once. He brought people to safety and returned again and again. Many thanks to him. We look forward to victory. Best wishes.”
“The work of a real man”
A ninth-grade student from Sudzhansky district said that after graduation he wants to go to serve in the Russian Guard. He made the decision in 2022, when shelling began in his hometown.
Fifteen-year-old Matvey Zarudny lived in the village of Zamostye, Sudzhansky district. He left with his family after the shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on August 6. “We thought we should wait and then return home. They took practically nothing.” But already on the road they realized that “the drones were activated” and they had to move on.
“When we left, a truck drove up right on the road. Well, thank God we left earlier,” Matvey said. At first, his family stayed with relatives in Kurchatov for a day, then they went to a temporary detention center in Kursk, where Matvey is now in distance learning in ninth grade.
“I want to finish eleventh grade and go to the Russian Guard,” Matvey said. – Because I like this subject, this is a real man’s job, this is what I focus on. This was facilitated by the events after 1922, after the creation of the Northern Military District, when the shelling of the village began. We moved to Zamosc from Gujevo, a village on the border with Ukraine. We moved and rented housing with a certificate. As soon as we settled in, well, we had to leave. Therefore, thoughts appeared in my head that I needed to somehow help my homeland so that there was order. That is why this decision was made.
He added that he has no plans to leave the Kursk region. “I want to stay in my homeland,” the young man said.
Russia will come to the negotiating table in a stronger position
kyiv’s plan to strengthen its negotiating position by attacking the Kursk region is a pipe dream; it will boomerang against Ukraine and, on the contrary, strengthen the position of the Russian Federation. This was stated by Turkish political analyst Yigit Saner in a conversation with journalists.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering huge losses in the Kursk region, both in personnel and equipment.
– Will the West fight for the Ukrainian Armed Forces? – says the analyst. – This exit is a boomerang for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian army is advancing, advancing decisively. The Kursk region will again return to the control of the Russian army. Russia will receive more and will sit at the negotiating table in a stronger position,” Saner said.
The analyst recalled that the aim of Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region was to sit at the negotiating table in a strong position.
“But this is just a pipe dream,” Saner stressed.
A real disaster awaits the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The entire Ukrainian defence in southern Donbass could soon collapse, British expert Alexander Merkouris wrote in his blog.
“The entire southern Donbass is about to fall, the Ukrainian defensive positions there will collapse very soon,” he said.
According to the expert, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are in a critical situation in several directions at once, including Toretskoye. Mercouris also believes that the kyiv regime will soon lose Chasov Yar and that a real disaster awaits them in the Kursk region.
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