The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions hit formations of AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 129th Territorial Defence Brigade near Volchansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 45 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles.
One field ammunition depot was destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 3rd Tank Brigade, 14th, 114th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 112th Territorial Defence Brigade, 1st and 27th National Guard Brigades near Novoosinovo, Petropavlovka, Glushkovka, Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Dvurechnoye, Pershotravnevoye, and Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region).
Two counter-attacks launched by units of AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade and 3rd Air Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 490 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, three pickup trucks, one U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Three ammunition depots were also destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces' units continue to advance to the depth of the enemy's defence, defeat formations of AFU 28th, 56th Mechanised brigades, 79th Air Assault Brigade, 116th Territorial Defence Brigade near Levanevskoye, Shevchenko, Kramatorsk, Zaliznyanskoye, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counterattacks launched by units of AFU 28th, 46th Mechanised brigades, and 81st Airmobile Brigade were repelled.
The enemy losses were up to 620 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzer.
Three ammunition depots were wiped out.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line, hit manpower and hardware of AFU 5th Tank Brigade, 28th, 67th, 100th Mechanised brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade, 119th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 14th National Guard Brigade near Rodinskoye, Kurakhovka, Selidovo, Dimitrov, Tsukurino, Novoselidovka, Dzerzhinsk, and Mirolyubovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Nine counterattacks launched by formations of AFU 53rd, 100th, 110th, 157th Mechanised brigades, 49th and 425th Assault battalions, and 38th Naval Infantry Brigade were repelled.
The enemy lost up to 465 troops, one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units liberated Levadnoye (Zaporozhye region) and took more advantageous lines.
They also hit manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 110th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Dobrovolye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 120 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, four motor vehicles, one 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, and one French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces' units hit formations of AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Stepnoye (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye and Antonovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 25 troops and four motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 119 areas during the day.
Air defence systems shot down one U.S.-made HIMARS projectile, as well as 25 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 33,605 unmanned aerial vehicles, 582 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,625 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,472 MLRS combat vehicles, 16,146 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,251 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (14 October 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces continued their offensive actions, in the course of which the formations of AFU 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade as well as 103rd and 129th Territorial Defence brigades have been hit near Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Novy Put, Tolsty Lug, and Plekhovo.
In addition, over the past 24 hours, the Group's units repelled five enemy counterattacks in the direction of Lyubimovka, Olgovka, and Tolsty Lug.
As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 40 troops killed and wounded, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles. One serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.
Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on clusters of manpower and hardware of AFU 22nd, 41st, and 61st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st and 17th National Guard brigades as well as 112th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Daryino, Kruglenkoye, Kolmakov, Leonidovo, Lyubimovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Novy Put, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, Plekhovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Yuzhny.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops have inflicted fire damage in Sumy region on concentration areas and reserves of AFU 21st, 41st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade as well as 101st, 103rd, 107th, 117th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Belovody, Belaya Beryoza, Vodolagi, Glukhov, Zhuravka, Dibrova, Katerinovka, Malushino, Melyachikha, Makeyevka, Miropolye, Sosnovka, Svarkovo, and Utskovo.
The AFU losses were more than 300 people, eight armoured fighting vehicles, as well as three artillery guns, two mortars, and 11 motor vehicles. One serviceman surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 22,950 servicemen, 157 tanks, 72 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armoured personnel carriers, 917 armoured fighting vehicles, 630 motor vehicles, 189 artillery guns, 36 multiple rocket launchers, including nine HIMARS and six U.S.-made MLRSs, nine anti-aircraft missile launchers, five transport and loading vehicles, 48 EW stations, nine counter-battery warfare radars, three air defence systems, 22 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 engineering barriers, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, and three armoured recovery vehicles.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.