Russian forces liberate Kursk Region’s Uspenovka, Borki
The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlements of Uspenovka and Borki in the Kursk Region, the Russian Defence Ministry reported.
The battlegroup North continued its offensive and liberated the settlements of Uspenovka and Borki. In addition, the front lines of Ukrainian 22nd, 41st and 115th mechanized, 17th tank, 82nd airborne assault brigades, the 1st National Guard brigade, as well as the 112th and 129th territorial defence brigades have been pushed back near Lyubimovka, Novoivanovka, Daryino, Nikolo-Daryino, Tolstoy Lug, Plekhovo and Pokrovsky, the statement said.
Reconnaissance and search operations in the forest areas continue in order to identify and destroy enemy sabotage groups trying to penetrate further into Russian territory. The Russian Defence Ministry said that the operation to destroy the Ukrainian formations is continuing.
Major General Apty Alaudinov, deputy chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Military-Political Department and commander of the Akhmat special forces commando unit, said that the fighters of his group had captured 20 Ukrainian military over the past month.
The Russian military repelled five enemy counterattacks towards Byakhovo, Bolshaya Obukhovka, Viktorovka, Lyubimovka and Malaya Loknya.
They also repulsed three Ukrainian attempts to break through the border near the settlements of Krasnooktyabrsky, Veseloye and Medvezhye.
Units of the battlegroup North pushed back Ukrainian formations near Lyubimovka, Novoivanovka, Daryino, Nikolo-Daryino, Tolsty Lug, Plekhovo and Pokrovsky.
Russian jets hit clusters of Ukrainian manpower and hardware in the Kursk Region and struck Ukrainian reserves in the Sumy Region.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Russia’s borderline region, Ukraine’s losses have amounted to more than 13,800 servicemen, 115 tanks, 44 infantry fighting vehicles, 91 armored personnel carriers, 729 armored combat vehicles, 439 vehicles, 98 artillery pieces, 28 multiple rocket launchers, including seven HIMARS and six US-made MLRS, eight anti-aircraft missile launchers, two transport and loading vehicles, 26 radar stations, seven counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, and 13 pieces of engineering equipment, including seven engineering demolition vehicles and one UR-77 demining unit.
According to him, NATO is coordinating the attacks on the Kursk Region, which is why all types of Western equipment available to Kiev are now in use on the battlefield.
