Text taken from the Telegram channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
[ColonelCassad] On March 14, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with the border authorities of the FSB of Russia, foiled another attempt to break through units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, this time in the area of the border settlement of Kozinka.
▫️ Around 16.30 Moscow time, in order to achieve surprise, a Ukrainian sabotage group of special operations forces militants and foreign mercenaries, using two Mi-8 helicopters, using the terrain features, carried out a landing of up to 30 people on Ukrainian territory, at a distance of 1 km from the Russian State Border Federation.
▫️ After landing, the sabotage group secretly moved towards the village of Kozinka, Belgorod region, located directly at the State border of the Russian Federation, where it entered several houses on its outskirts.
▫️ When trying to advance deeper into the settlement, Ukrainian saboteurs were discovered and stopped by units of the Russian Armed Forces together with the border authorities of the Russian FSB.
▫️ The enemy was defeated by artillery fire, army aviation strikes and the use of guided aerial bombs. To exclude the approach of reserves, remote mining of the area was carried out.
▫️ Having suffered significant losses, Ukrainian militants began retreating into Ukrainian territory. A group of saboteurs tried to gain a foothold in one of the houses on Respublikanskaya Street, directly adjacent to the state border, where they were blocked by units of the Russian army.
▫️ The remnants of the sabotage group, who retreated to the territory of Ukraine, entered a minefield, where they were destroyed.
▫️ At the same time, the fire of the Tornado MLRS eliminated an enemy group that was moving forward to evacuate wounded and killed Ukrainian saboteurs. The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 50 people.
▫️ Currently, control over the settlement has been completely restored, and the area blocking the sabotage and reconnaissance group has been cleared.
▫️ In general, over the past three days from March 12 to 14, troops of the Russian Armed Forces Group “West” together with the border authorities of the Russian FSB, all attempts of Ukrainian militants to break into the territory of the Belgorod and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation were stopped. Attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces units were repelled.
▫️ The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 1,500 militants, of which about 500 were irrevocable, 18 tanks and 23 armored combat vehicles were destroyed.
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According to Zelensky, he heard a report from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky, and then held a meeting in which, in addition to Syrsky, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anatoly Bargilevich, Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov, Head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov (an individual entered in the Russian Federation on the list of terrorists and extremists) and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vadim Sukharevsky, who is responsible for drones.
Zelensky said that during the meeting, places where the “greatest damage” could be inflicted on Russia were identified. To do this, he set a task for the Cabinet of Ministers and enterprises to ensure that the drones produced become longer-range, more widespread and more powerful.
As Regnum reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council, said that the Kiev regime’s attacks on Russian territory will not go unpunished. He noted that the Kiev neo-Nazi regime has conceived and is trying to carry out criminal demonstrative armed actions in order to disrupt the voting process in elections and intimidate people, at least in the regions bordering Ukraine.
The head of the Russian state also emphasized that the Kiev regime will not be able to intimidate the Russian people and interfere with elections in Russia through attacks; Russians will respond to terrorist attacks and sabotage with even greater unity.
By committing provocations, the enemy also seeks to divert attention from the real state of affairs on the line of combat contact, where the Russian Armed Forces confidently hold the initiative, Putin added. He noted that Russian military personnel, step by step, showing courage and heroism, are achieving the solution of assigned tasks in the North Military District zone.
In addition, the Russian leader said that since March 12, Kiev has made several attempts to exit and consolidate on the territory of the Russian Federation, but the enemy was not successful in any of the directions and fled with heavy losses.