Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (10 August 2024)

Published on 10 August 2024 at 14:38

MOSCOW: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

A duet of Russian fighters destroys the enemy in the Kursk border region

The footage shows a strike by the crews of Su-30SM and Su-35S fighters at night on a concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

The strike was carried out on reconnoitered targets using aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module. Having received confirmation from intelligence about the destruction of the targets, the crews safely returned to the departure airfield.

The Armed Forces continue to repel the attempted invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the territory of the Russian Federation.

During the day, active actions by units of the North group of forces and the approaching reserves, strikes by army aviation, and artillery fire in the areas of Ivashkovsky, Malaya Loknya, and Olgovka prevented attempts by enemy mobile groups to break through deep into Russian territory.

Fire damage was carried out against Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and equipment in the areas of the populated areas of Nikolayevo-Daryino, Guevo, Lyubimovka, Zeleny Shlyakh, and Sverdlikovo.

Aviation and missile forces inflicted damage on enemy reserves in the territory of the Sumy region.

A missile strike with a thermobaric warhead on a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries on the southern outskirts of Sudzha destroyed 15 militants.

Over the course of the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 servicemen and 36 armored vehicles, including: 10 tanks, three armored personnel carriers, two infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armored combat vehicles, as well as a car, three field artillery pieces and a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system launcher.

In total, during the military actions in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost up to 1,120 servicemen and 140 armored vehicles, including 22 tanks, 20 armored personnel carriers, eight infantry fighting vehicles, 88 armored combat vehicles, as well as 13 cars, two self-propelled launchers of the Buk M1 anti-aircraft missile system, a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system launcher and six field artillery pieces.

The operation to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations continues.

* Units of the North group of forces in the Volchansk and Liptsovsky directions defeated the manpower and equipment of the 57th motorized Infantry, 82nd airborne assault, 92nd assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 36th Marine Brigade, mercenaries of the "Foreign Legion", as well as the 125th and 228th air defense brigades.

Enemy losses in these areas amounted to 95 soldiers, four pickups, a 152-mm D-20 howitzer, a 122-mm self-propelled artillery installation "Gvozdika" and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

Units of the Zapad group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated formations of the 66th, 67th, 115th mechanized, 3rd assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1st brigade of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova, Stelmakhovka, Nadia of the Luhansk People's Republic, Novosadovoye Donetsk People's Republic and Gorokhovatka, Kharkiv region.

Four attacks by assault groups of the 1st National Guard Brigade and the 117th Air Defense Brigade were repelled.

The enemy lost up to 495 soldiers, a tank, an M113 armored personnel carrier made in the USA, five cars, a 155-mm M198 howitzer made in the USA, a 122-mm self-propelled artillery installation "Carnation", a 105-mm L-119 gun made in the UK. Five field ammunition depots were also destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops improved the tactical situation, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 93rd and 150th mechanized, 143rd infantry, 5th assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 114th Air Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stupochki, Predtechino, Chas Yar and Kirovo of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 680 servicemen, four vehicles, three 152-m D-20 howitzers, a 152-mm self-propelled artillery unit "Acacia", a 152-mm howitzer "Msta-B", a 105-mm L-119 gun manufactured in Great Britain.

The units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous positions, and also defeated the formations of the 24th, 32nd, 100th mechanized, 95th airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 109th and 111th air defense brigades and the 14th National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk, Kalinovo, Grodovka, Novgorodskoye, Rusin Yar and Druzhba of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Two counterattacks by the assault groups of the 53rd mechanized brigade and the assault brigade "Lyut" of the National Police of Ukraine were reflected.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 350 soldiers, a tank, an M113 armored personnel carrier made in the United States, a Kozak armored combat vehicle, three vehicles, a 155-mm M777 howitzer made in the United States, a 152-mm Hyacinth-B cannon and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

The units of the Vostok group of forces improved the situation along the front edge, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd mechanized, 58th motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vodiane and Zolotaya Niva of the Donetsk People's Republic. The attack of the assault group of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repelled.

The enemy lost up to 125 soldiers, seven vehicles and a 152-mm D-20 howitzer.

Units of the Dnepr group of troops defeated units of the 141st infantry, 128th mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 15th brigade of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Nesteryanka, Kamenskoye, Zherebyanka and Malaya Tokmachka of the Zaporozhye region.

The losses of the Armed Forces amounted to 110 soldiers, an armored personnel carrier "Oncilla" made in Poland, an armored combat vehicle "Kozak", six vehicles, a 155-mm M777 howitzer made in the USA, a 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

In addition, the Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 aerial reconnaissance radar and the Enclave-N electronic warfare station were destroyed.

The UAV production workshop, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 152 districts, were hit by operational and tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

By means of air defense, two guided aircraft bombs "Hammer" made in France, 16 HIMARS rockets made in the United States, four anti-aircraft guided missiles of the Patriot SAM made in the United States, as well as 153 unmanned aerial vehicles, 97 of them outside the zone of a special military operation, were shot down.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 637 aircraft, 278 helicopters, 29660 unmanned aerial vehicles, 563 anti-aircraft missile systems, 17011 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1399 multiple rocket launchers, 13090 field artillery and mortars, 24591 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

Russian Defence Ministry.


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