[EngMilRu] From 14 to 20 September 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have carried out 27 group strikes with precision-guided weapons and strike drones, as a result of which the following have been hit: power facilities that supported the work of enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry, airbases infrastructure, UAV depots and flight preparation areas.
Moreover, the Russian forces engaged ammunition and logistic depots, repair bases of armament, trains transporting foreign-made armament, temporary deployment areas of the AFU, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued the operation to eliminate the AFU formations in Kursk region.
In the course of offensive operations, the Sever Group of Forces liberated Uspenovka and Borki.
Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery strikes hit manpower and materiel of three mechanised brigades, a tank brigade, two air assault brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades. Moreover, Russian troops disrupted enemy's attempts to counterattack and deploy reserves.
In Volchansk and Liptsy direction, damage was inflicted on a motorised infantry brigade, a naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades.
Over the past week, the AFU losses in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces amounted to up to 3,510 troops, 18 tanks, including a Leopard tank, 117 armoured fighting vehicles, 66 motor vehicles, a U.S.-made MLRS multiple launch rocket system, and 34 field artillery guns. Four electronic warfare stations were eliminated.
Over the past week, the Zapad Group of Forces continued to advance into the enemy's defence, inflected damage on formations of six mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, and the Azov Special Forces Brigade. A total of 24 counterattacks of AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,745 troops, a tank, ten armoured fighting vehicles, including a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, and 60 motor vehicles. In addition, 40 field artillery guns were eliminated, 19 pieces of 155mm howitzers and self-propelled systems were provided to the AFU by Western countries, 16 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, and 22 field ammunition depots.
As a result of active actions, the Yug Group of Forces liberated Zhelannoye Pervoye and Georgieyvka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, two infantry brigades, a mountain assault brigade, two air assault brigades, and three airmobile brigades of the AFU. In addition, 14 counter-attacks of enemy assault groups were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 4,855 troops, a tank, two German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 52 motor vehicles, and 34 field artillery guns, 17 of them manufactured by NATO countries. Four electronic and counterbattery radars as well as 11 field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. The Russian troops inflicted fire damage on a tank brigade, six mechanised brigades, two infantry brigades, two jaeger brigades, an air assault brigade of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, a national guard brigade, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine. The Russian Armed Forces repelled 58 counter-attacks of hostile assault detachments.
Over the past week, Ukrainian units suffered losses of up to 3,610 troops, a tank, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, including a German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, 21 motor vehicles, and 29 field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The servicemen hit clusters of manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.
Eleven counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled. The enemy lost up to 735 troops, two tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 16 motor vehicles, and seven field artillery guns.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of an AFU infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two naval infantry brigades, and four territorial defence brigades.
The AFU lost up to 355 troops, two tanks, 27 motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Aerospace Forces downed two Su-27 and a MiG-29 fighter jets of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Air defence units shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, seven U.S.-made ATACMS operational missiles, 12 French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 42 U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, and 305 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles 153 of them outside the special military operation zone.
Over the past week, 53 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, 646 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 31,806 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 air defence missile systems, 18,303 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,457 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 14,903 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 26,289 units of support military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling 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, one 122mm 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 Naval Infantry 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.