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The Russian Military’s Sever Group of Forces inflicted more losses on Kiev forces in the direction of Kursk, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on September 29.
In its daily briefing, the ministry said that 21st, 22nd, 115th mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd and 95th air assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade and 36th Marine Brigade as well as the 103rd and 129th territorial defense brigades took losses near the settlements of Lyubimovka, Daryino, Novy Put, Nikolayevo-Daryino and Plekhovo.
Additionally, the Sever Group of Forces repelled five counter-attacks by Kiev forces close to the settlements of Lyubimovka, Kremyanoye and Plekhovo, according to the ministry, which also said that attempts to attack the settlements of Olgavka and Pogrebki were thwarted.
“As a result, the AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] losses amounted to up to 60 troops killed and wounded; two armored fighting vehicles, and a motor vehicle,” the ministry added.
The ministry also announced that the Sever Group of Forces foiled six Ukrainian attempts to break through the Russian border near the settlement of Novy Put.
“The AFU losses amounted to more than 50 troops killed and wounded; a tank, four armored fighting vehicles, and a motor vehicle. Five AFU servicemen surrendered,” the ministry said.
Furthermore, the ministry said that Russian air and artillery strikes hit gatherings of the 22nd, 41st, 61st, 115th mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 95th air assault brigades of the AFU, 1st, 17th National Guard Brigade and 36th Marine Brigade as well as the 103rd, 112th, 116th and 129th territorial defense brigades.
The gatherings were targeted near the settlements of Guyevo, Daryino, Ivashkovsky, Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Medvezhye, Mirny, Novy Put, Novoya Sorochina, Orlovka, Plekhovo, Pravda, Tolsty Lug and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Other strikes targeted, according to the ministry, the reserves of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 115th mechanized brigades, 80th, 95th air assault brigades and 1st National Guard Brigade as well as the 103rd and 129th territorial defense brigades close to the settlements of Belovody, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Vorozhba, Vishenki, Glukhov, Zhuravka, Kucherovka, Miropolye, Privolye, Pavlovka, Revyakino, Rechki, Sumy, Chervonoprapornoye, Shalygino and Khoten in the Ukrainian region of Sumy, which borders Kursk.
Separately, Russian media released several videos showing some of the drone strikes that hit Kiev forces in the Kursk direction recently.
Kiev forces launched a surprise attack on Kursk last August, relying mainly on foreign mercenaries and Western-made weapons.
Since the start of the attack, at least 56 Russian civilians have been killed and more than 266 others have been wounded. Moreover, the attack displaced more than 144,000 civilians. The fate of some 2,000 others who lived in areas attacked by Kiev forces remain unknown.
The Russian military launched a counter-attack in Kursk earlier this month. So far, nearly a dozen settlements have been reportedly liberated.
According to the Russian MoD, since the start of the battle in Kursk Kiev forces have lost 18,560 troops, 133 tanks, 64 infantry fighting vehicles, 97 armored personnel carriers, 850 armored fighting vehicles, 550 motor vehicles, 146 artillery guns, 32 launchers, including eight American-made HIMARS and six MLRS systems, eight air defense systems, five transport-loading vehicles, 38 electronic warfare stations, nine counter-battery radars, two aerial radars, 18 engineering vehicles, including 11 counter obstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle and one armored recovery vehicle.
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