MOSCOW: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to defeat the enemy group wedged into the territory of the Kursk region. The units of the North group of forces continued to conduct offensive operations, during which they defeated the formations of the 22nd, 41st and 115th mechanized, 17th tank, 82nd and 95th airborne assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 112th and 129-The 1st Brigade of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Darino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Nizhny Klin, Novoivanovka and Plekhovo.The units of the group reflected five enemy counterattacks in the direction of the settlements of Alexandria, Novoivanovka and Plekhovo. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 30 people killed and wounded, destroyed a tank, two armored combat vehicles and a car. Three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.In addition, an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of the settlement of Novy Put was prevented. The enemy's losses amounted to about 15 personnel killed and wounded, two armored combat vehicles were destroyed. One soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.Army aviation strikes and artillery fire defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st and 115th mechanized, 17th tank, 80th, 82nd and 95th airborne assault brigades, 36-the 1st Marine Brigade, as well as the 103rd, 112th and 129th brigades of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 17th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Guevo, Darino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Lebedevka, Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nikolaevo-Darino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Oleshnya, Plekhovo, Sverdlikovo and Cherkassk Porechnoye.Tactical aviation and missile forces attacked the areas of concentration in the Sumy region and the reserves of the 41st, 61st and 115th mechanized, 95th airborne assault brigades, as well as the 103rd, 107th and 129th territorial Defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 1st Brigade the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Basovka, Velikaya Pisarevka, Zhuravka, Miropole, Pavlovka, Shalygino.During the day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 300 servicemen, ten armored vehicles were destroyed, including a tank, an armored personnel carrier and eight armored combat vehicles, as well as three artillery pieces, five mortars, three cars and an electronic warfare station. Four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 26,550 soldiers, 177 tanks, 93 infantry fighting vehicles, 105 armored personnel carriers, 1003 armored combat vehicles, 686 vehicles, 229 artillery pieces, 38 multiple rocket launchers, including nine HIMARS and six MLRS manufactured by the United States, nine anti-aircraft launchers missile systems, five transport-loading vehicles, 57 electronic warfare stations, 11 counter-battery radars, three air defense radars, 22 units of engineering and other equipment, of which 13 engineering barrier vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearance unit, as well as three armored recovery vehicles.The operation to destroy the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) formations continues.
