MOSCOW: Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region: The Sever Group of Forces carrying on offensive actions inflicted damage on the 22nd, 41st,and 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade, 112th and 129th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Zelyony Shlyakh, Nikolo-Daryino, Tolsty Lug, and Plekhovo.
Over the past 24 hours, the Group's units foiled the enemy's attempts to counterattack in the direction of Kremyanoye, Lyubimovka, and Malaya Loknya.
As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and three motor vehicles.
With support of army aviation and artillery, the Group's units repelled four attacks of the AFU to break through towards Novy Put and Medvezhye.
The enemy lost up to 60 troops killed and wounded, two tanks, including a Leopard tank, three Sweden-made CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles, four armoured fighting vehicles, and a counterobstacle vehicle.
Air strikes, artillery fire, and actions of the troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware clusters of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, and 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th and 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade and 1st National Guard Brigade, and 103rd and 129th territorial defence brigades near Bogdanovka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zelyony Shlyakh, Kremyanoye, Kubatkin, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lyubimovka, Mikhaylovka, Malaya Loknya, Mirny, Melovoy, Novy Put, Novoya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Obukhovka, Plekhovo, Tolsty Lug, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops launched strikes against concentration areas and reserves in Sumy region of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, and 115th mechanised brigades, 82nd, 92nd air assault brigades of the AFU, 1st National Guard Brigade, as well as 103rd and 106th territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Basovka, Belovody, Glukhov, Zhuravka, Kondratovka, Kazachye, Katerinovka, Mogritsa, Obody, Pavlovka, Peremoga, Rechki, Rudnevo, Sumy, Shalygino, Khoten, and Yastrebinoye.
For the past 24 hours the AFU lost over 370 troops, 18 units of armour, including two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, and 12 armoured fighting vehicles, six artillery pieces, a mortar, an EW station, a counterobstacle vehicle, seven motor vehicles. One pontoon crossing was destroyed.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 15,300 troops, 124 tanks, 56 infantry fighting vehicles, 93 armoured personnel carriers, 780 armoured fighting vehicles, 471 motor vehicles, 115 artillery guns, 28 MLRS launchers, including seven of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, eight SAM launchers, four transport-loading vehicles, 29 electronic warfare stations, seven counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, 15 engineering vehicles, including nine counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
Russian Defence Ministry.
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