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"Russian Defense": losses "Serious" Suffered by Ukrainian forces on the Axis "Kursk"

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced, today, Friday, that Russian forces inflicted losses amounting to more than 225 soldiers, in addition to military equipment, to Ukrainian forces in the border areas of Kursk Province, in the past 24 hours.

 

The Ministry said, in a statement carried by the Russian news agency “Sputnik”, about the progress made in confronting the Ukrainian incursion attempts into “Kursk”, the losses of the Ukrainian forces during the past 24 hours amounted to more than 225 soldiers, two armored personnel carriers, three armored combat vehicles, five cars and a field artillery.

The Russian Defense added that units gathering the “Sever” forces… "north" Formations of 11 Ukrainian brigades targeted the areas of 14 towns in the Kursk province. The border, and also repelled a counterattack.

It explained that the total losses of the Ukrainian forces since the start of combat operations on the “Kursk” axis It amounted to 47,265 soldiers, 263 tanks, 204 infantry combat vehicles, 146 armored personnel carriers, 1,393 armored combat vehicles, 1,321 vehicles, 340 field artillery, and 42 missile launchers, including 11 “Himars” launchers. And 6 “Millers” American-made, 14 launchers for anti-aircraft missile systems, 7 transport and ammunition vehicles, 83 electronic warfare stations, 13 anti-battery radars, 4 air defense radars, and 28 pieces of engineering equipment, including 13 engineering vehicles for clearing barriers and one mine-clearing vehicle of the type " OR-77, as well as 7 armored vehicles for repair and evacuation.” The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that during the past week, units of the “North” group continued… Destroying the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the territory of the Kursk District, noting that the air strikes, drones, and artillery struck the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Russian authorities say that the Russian special military operation, which began in February 24, 2022, “Aiming to protect the residents of Donbass by the Kiev regime,” noting that Russian forces thwarted the so-called With "counterattack" The Ukrainian government, despite the “significant financial and military support provided by NATO” And a number of Western countries allied with Washington, for the Kyiv regime.”  

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