In Belgorod direction, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, a naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades close to Krasnopolye, Ugroyedy, Prokhody, and Miropolskoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 185 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, an Israeli-made RADA radar, and a Nota electronic warfare station.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades and two assault brigades of the AFU close to Novoye, Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic), Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic), and Krinichki (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 210 troops, a tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns including two of Western-made. Two electronic warfare stations and one ammunition depot were eliminated.
The Yug Group of Forces liberated Panteleymonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops engaged formations of two jaeger brigades, two mechanised brigades of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a special forces brigade near Starayaya Nikolayevka, Novoolenovka, Ulyanovka, and Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 300 troops, a tank, a U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, and five motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian formations damaged formations of two mechanised brigades two assault brigades and an assault regiment of the AFU close to Zelenoye, Kotlino, Yelizavetovka, Novoaleksandrovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Kotlyarovka, Petrovskoye and Novosergeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 480 troops, two tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 105mm M-101 howitzer.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, a mechanised brigade, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Yalta, Otradnoye, Voskresenka, Novopol (Donetsk People's Republic) and Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 troops, three motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns. One ammunition depot was destroyed.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces liberated Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).
Russian troops hit formations of a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade near Novoandreyevka, Kamenskoye, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye, and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
Over 70 troops, a motor vehicle, and an electronic warfare station were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, a workshop, storage areas and control posts of unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots as well as clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 148 areas.
Air defence systems have shot down a U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bomb, HIMARS MLRS projectile as well as 73 fixed-wing UAVs.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 660 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 48,952 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,569 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,532 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,064 field artillery guns and mortars, and 33,499 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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Report by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (29 March 2025)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces liberated Veselovka (Sumy region) during the offensive.
Moreover, strikes were delivered at a mechanised brigade, two air assault brigades, the president's brigade, and a territorial defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gornal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and Artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Gornal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya as well as Basovka, Belovody, Varachino, Velikaya Rybitsa, Veselovka, Vladimirovka, Vodolagi, Grunovka, Zhuravka, Zapselye, Kiyanitsa, Loknya, Mogritsa, Novonikolayevka, Obody, Sadki, Khrapovshchina, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).
For the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 190 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, an armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, an artillery gun, three mortars as well as six UAV command posts, and an ammunition depot.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 70,890 troops, 402 tanks, 329 infantry fighting vehicles, 290 armoured personnel carriers, 2,234 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,569 motor vehicles, 590 artillery guns, 53 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 123 EW stations, 18 counter-fire radars, ten air defence radars, 56 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.