The Kiev regime continues to use the Ukrainian population as a human shield by deploying military facilities and carrying out activities involving servicemen in the centre of the densely populated city.
In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted damage on one mechanised brigade, one coastal brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Lesnoye, Miropolskoye, Petrushevka, and Prokhody (Sumy region).
The AFU lost up to 95 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, one MLRS gun, and three electronic warfare stations.
The Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions and defeated the formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one artillery brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Kupyansk, Borovaya, Kamenka (Kharkov region), Kirovsk, Karpovka, and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU lost up to 240 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, five motor vehicles, and two artillery guns. One Kvertus electronic warfare station, as well as two ammunition depots, were neutralised.
The Yug Group of Forces units improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one UAV regiment, one territorial defence brigade and one National Guard brigade close to Petrovka, Kalinovo, Tarasovka, Chasov Yar and Kleban-Byk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 315 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicle, 13 motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun. Two electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades close to Mirolyubovka, Lysovka, Zverevo, Rodinskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Alekseyevka, and Preobrazhenka(Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU lost up to 420 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, six motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence and engaged manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades close to Shevchenko, Zeleny Kut, Zelenoye Pole, Bogatyr, Voskresenka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU lost up to 165 troops, one tank, five motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group of Forces units hit one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and three coastal defence brigades of the AFU close to Novodanilovka, Pavlovka (Zaporozhye region), Ponyatovka, Antonovka, and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 55 troops, one M113 armoured personnel carrier and one HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle made in the USA, seven motor vehicles, one American 155mm M-777 howitzer, one electronic warfare station, one Israeli-made RADA radar, and four ammunition depots.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have inflicted damage on workshops of the Ukrainian defence industry, military airfield infrastructure, sites storing weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and mercenaries in 137 areas.
Russian air defence systems shot down six JDAM guided aerial bombs and three HIMARS MLRS projectiles made in the USA, as well as 227 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
Since the beginning of the special military operation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralized 661 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 51,562 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,833 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,536 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,602 field artillery guns and mortars, 34,087 units of special military vehicles.
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region as of 14 April 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to destroy AFU units on the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces engaged units of two mechanised brigades, a tank brigade, two air assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gornal and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Belovody, Maryino, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Novonikolayevka, Sadki, Shalygino, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.
In the past 24 hours, up to 235 troops have been neutralised as well as one armoured personnel carrier, three armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, four mortars, and one BM-21 Grad MLRS vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 74,245 troops, 406 tanks, 333 infantry fighting vehicles, 303 armoured personnel carriers, 2,268 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,704 motor vehicles, 610 artillery guns, 55 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-battery warfare radars, ten air defence radars, 57 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.