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The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on November 1 that the Sever Group of Forces had inflicted more losses on Kiev forces in the direction of Kursk.
In its daily briefing, the ministry said that Ukraine’s 22nd, 41st, 115th mechanized brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd, 95th air assault brigades, the 36th Marine Brigade, as well as the 103rd, 112th, and 129th territorial defense brigades took losses near the settlements of Daryino, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo.
The ministry added that six counter-attacks by Kiev forces were repelled by the Sever Group of Forces close to Novoivanovka and Plyokhovo.
“The AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] losses were up to 50 troops killed and wounded, two armored fighting vehicles, and one motor vehicle. One AFU serviceman surrendered,” it detailed.
In addition, the ministry announced that Russian air and artillery strikes hit gatherings of the 21st, 41st, 47th, and 61st mechanized brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th air assault brigades, the 36th Marine Brigade as well as the 1st Special Operations Brigade, 112th, 129th territorial defense brigades, and the 17th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine.
It said that the gatherings were targeted near the settlements of Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Daryino, Pervy Knyazhy, Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Plyokhovo, Pravda, Sverdlikovo, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Other strikes targeted the reserves of 21st, 41st, 61st, 115th mechanized brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, the 95th Air Assault Brigade, and the 129th Territorial Defence Brigade close to the settlements of Alekseyevka, Basovka, Belovody, Vodolagi, Katerinovka, Miropolye, Pavlovka, and Khoten in the Ukrainian region of Sumy, according to the ministry.
“The AFU losses were more than 250 troops, three armored fighting vehicles as well as six artillery guns, including one French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system, one mortar, one anti-aircraft missile system, and nine motor vehicles. One AFU serviceman surrendered,” the ministry said.
Videos released by the ministry and media sources showed some of the strikes that hit Kiev forces in Kursk and Sumy in recent days.
Kiev forces attacked Kursk last August. The Russian military is currently conducting a counter-attack. So far, nearly half of the settlements initially occupied by Ukrainian troops have been liberated.
According to the Russian MoD, since the start of the battle in Kursk Kiev forces have lost 28,850 troops, 180 tanks, 101 infantry fighting vehicles, 106 armored personnel carriers, 1,062 armored fighting vehicles, 777 motor vehicles, 254 artillery guns, 40 launchers, including 11 American-made HIMARS and six MLRS systems, nine air defense systems, seven transport-loading vehicles, 58 electronic warfare stations, 12 counter-battery radars, four aerial radars, 25 engineering vehicles, including 13 counter obstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five armored recovery vehicle, and one command post vehicle.
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