Ukrainian Armed Forces mercenaries treated people “like cockroaches”
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The number of casualties of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has exceeded 15,000: the Russian Ministry of Defense has estimated the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
During the fighting in the border areas of the Kursk region, Russian units destroyed more than 15,300 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 15,300 servicemen,” the Russian military department reports, “in addition, the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed: 124 tanks, 56 infantry fighting vehicles, 93 armored personnel carriers, 780 armored combat vehicles, 471 vehicles, 115 artillery guns, 28 multiple launch rocket system launchers, including seven HIMARS and six US-made MLRS, eight anti-aircraft missile system launchers, four transport-loading vehicles, 29 electronic warfare stations, seven counter-battery radars, two air defense radars, 15 engineering vehicles, of which nine engineering clearance vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearance installation.
Over the course of 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 370 militants in the border areas of the Kursk region.
“During the day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 370 servicemen and 18 armored vehicles, including two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles and 12 armored combat vehicles, as well as six artillery pieces, one mortar, one electronic warfare station, one demining engineering vehicle and seven vehicles. One pontoon crossing was destroyed,” the message says.
Control will be re-established, there is no doubt about that.
The Russian Armed Forces are doing their job, control over the Russian territories that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to invade will be restored, there is no doubt about that. This statement was made by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
“Our military is doing its job,” Dmitry Peskov said, answering a question about the situation in the Ukrainian-controlled areas of the Kursk region. – And they will do it. Control will be restored, we have no doubt about that. How and in what way, naturally, the plans of the military here cannot be made public.
Ukrainian Armed Forces tank destroyed by FPV drones
The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the destruction of a tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by FPV drones in the border region of the Kursk region.
“During reconnaissance activities in the border area of the Kursk region, servicemen of the Sever group of forces, using a UAV, detected the movement of a tank of the Armed Forces in the area of a forest belt,” the Russian military department said in a statement. – After analyzing the received intelligence data, it was decided to fire at the enemy combat vehicle. As a result of two direct hits from FPV drones, the tank of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.”
The first Palyanitsa was shot down near Kursk.
Near the village of Kolodnoye in the Kursk region, the Russian military shot down a three-meter Palyanitsya drone. According to one of the Telegram channels, according to preliminary data, this is a new jet drone “Palyanytsya”: the drone does not have the usual propeller for such equipment, it was replaced by a jet engine.
The wreckage of the UAV was badly burned after being hit by a Russian air defense system, so the exact make of the drone has not yet been established. However, the signals already detected point to “Palyanitsa”. The Ukrainians first announced the creation of this drone a month ago, which reaches speeds of up to 400-500 kilometers per hour. It is known that the drone’s warhead weighs 100 kilograms and its flight range is about 400-700 km.
Ukrainian Armed Forces shell damaged gas distribution station
The gas distribution station was damaged by shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Bolshoye Soldatskoye in Kursk, gas supplies were interrupted in two areas, the governor of the region, Alexey Smirnov, announced this on his Telegram channel.
“The gas supply has been interrupted in the Bolshesoldatsky and Belovsky districts, which are connected to this gas distribution station,” Smirnov wrote. – Some consumers are already connected to the backup station. I am grateful to the gas service specialists and housing and communal services workers for their efficiency and professionalism. Once the situation stabilizes, further repair and restoration work can be carried out.
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened three cases against Ukrainian militants
Three criminal cases have been opened against the Ukrainian military for crimes in the Kursk region, the Telegram channel of the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia reported.
“Three criminal cases have been opened against members of the Ukrainian armed formations of the Seversk operational-tactical directorate – 22 separate mechanized brigades, 80 separate air assault brigades, 61 separate mechanized brigades, as well as other Ukrainian paramilitary groups,” the statement says. “According to the investigation, on September 16, members of the VFU attacked the Korenevsky district of the Kursk region from an unmanned aerial vehicle, as a result of which two employees of the Rosseti Center who were working to restore power were injured.”
In addition, on September 18, the defendants carried out artillery attacks on a residential building, as well as on a secondary school in the village of Glushkovo, Kursk region. As a result, the buildings were partially destroyed.
Also on September 18, militants shelled the village of Rzhava, wounding two civilians and damaging several residential buildings.
“During the preliminary investigation, representatives of the armed formations of Ukraine who committed these crimes will be identified and brought to justice as provided by law,” the statement said.
The mercenaries treated people “like cockroaches”
Vladimir Maltsev, a resident of Sudzha, told RIA Novosti that in the first days of the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region, many civilians were killed, and mercenaries, in particular from France, Georgia and Poland, were especially zealous.
“Many people died when we left. Friends were killed,” Maltsev said.
According to him, people who arrived at the temporary detention center in Kursk said that “many women were killed, raped and abused.” The Ukrainians themselves, as eyewitnesses say, warned residents that if they did not leave, “mercenaries would come, they would not leave anyone.”
“And the Georgians, the Poles, the French, all these mercenaries, they just exterminated people like cockroaches,” the agency’s interlocutor added.
During the shelling of the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces burned almost the entire village of Ulanok, leaving only 30 of the 300 houses remaining.
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Of the 300 houses only 30 remain
During the shelling of the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine burned almost the entire village of Ulanok, of which only 30 out of about 300 houses remained. A resident of this village in the Sudzhansky district spoke about this during interrogation as a witness by military investigators.
“They destroyed houses. I don’t know, if we had about 300 houses, let’s say, 30 were left intact, the rest were burned,” he said.
The woman said that she was evacuated under shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and that one of the shells fell near her house. The damaging elements pierced the entire house during the explosions; in addition, holes were left in the door and fence, windows were broken, walls were cracked and the roof was cut off.
“Metal melted from pieces… the ends are so sharp, like a blade,” the witness said.
The liberated areas are cleared of explosive objects
Pyrotechnicians have begun to inspect the territories and destroy explosive objects in the liberated areas of the Kursk region, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported.
“During the week, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations pyrotechnicians worked in four municipalities of the Kursk region, discovering and neutralizing 84 explosive objects,” the report says. – During the entire period, the sappers examined 30 hectares and managed to neutralize 567 explosive objects. The pyrotechnicians also began to inspect the territories and destroy explosive objects in the liberated areas.
In addition, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on the progress of the evacuation of residents in areas where dangerous conditions persist.
“This week, at a meeting of the regional operations headquarters, a decision was made on the mandatory evacuation of settlements in the Rylsky and Khomutovsky districts, which are located in a 15-kilometer zone adjacent to the border with Ukraine. Over the course of several days, more than 5,700 people were transported to safe areas,” the statement said.
Residents of Kursk region receive compensation for lost property
Residents of the Kursk region received about 5.2 billion rubles due to property losses, according to the Telegram channel of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.
“The issues of providing financial assistance in connection with the introduction of an emergency regime in the Kursk region are under special control,” the department reports. – Last week we started accepting applications and payments for assistance in connection with the loss of property. Financial support has already been provided to 35 thousand citizens for a total amount of 5.25 billion rubles.
Within a week, the department received more than seven thousand applications for one-time financial assistance in the amount of 15 thousand rubles.
The total amount of payments since the beginning of the period amounted to 1.948 billion rubles.
Sergey Lavrov discussed with the head of the International Red Cross the violations of international law committed in kyiv
The initiatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on humanitarian access to the Kursk region were not discussed at the meeting of the head of the organization with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, this was announced by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed a number of issues, including the situation in the Kursk region. Maria Zakharova clarified that the priority at the meetings with Spolyarich was the violations of international law by kyiv.
And the Russian Red Cross has already found 700 people.
Meanwhile, the Russian Red Cross (RRC) has received more than 3,000 requests to search for people in the Kursk region and has managed to find 700 people, said the head of the organization, Pavel Savchuk, during a speech at the Russian House exhibition.
“We are now the main operator of family reunification in the Kursk region. We have more than 3,000 search requests and have already found 700 people,” Savchuk said.
He stressed that family reunification is one of the key issues that occur during large resettlements.
The loss of the Leopard 2 main battle tank in the Kursk region raises questions for the Ukrainian command.
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German tanks burn again near Kursk
The loss of the Leopard 2 main battle tank in the Kursk region raises questions for the Ukrainian command, German journalist Julian Repke writes in his blog.
The journalist commented on a video of an FPV drone hitting a Leopard 2 in an open field. After a successful attack, the tank is engulfed in fire.
“Leopard 2 in the Kursk region. I don’t understand. And most of the Ukrainian soldiers I spoke to in Donbass don’t understand it either,” he wrote.
On Thursday, the Russian Ministry of Defence announced the destruction of a Leopard tank in the Kursk border region. Irish journalist Chey Bowes also drew attention to this fact.
“German tanks are burning near Kursk. Again. Did anyone really expect it to be any different this time?” Bose said, drawing parallels with the Battle of Kursk during the Great Patriotic War.
