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The Russian military has repelled yet another wave of attacks by Kiev forces in the Kursk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on August 31.
The military’s Sever Group of Forces repelled six attacks near the settlements of Borki, Bakhtinka, Komarovka, Malaya Loknya and Matveyevka, the ministry said in a briefing, adding that the group also prevented Kiev forces from advancing towards the settlements of Korenevo and Malaya Loknya
Up to 30 Ukrainian troops were killed or wounded and another was captured during these failed attacks, according to the ministry, which noted that two armored fighting vehicles and two motor vehicles were also destroyed.
The ministry also said that Russian air and artillery strikes hit Ukraine’s 21st, 22nd, 61st, 115th mechanized and 82nd air assault brigades as well as the 1004th Security and Service Brigade close to the settlements of Apanasovka, Borki, Byakhovo, Vishnyovka, Krasnooktyabrskoye, Kruglenkoye, Lyubimovka, Martynovka, Novoivanovka, Novaya Sorochina, Plekhovo, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo and Snagost.
Other strikes targeted the reserves of the 21st, 22nd, 41st mechanized, 17th tank, 80th, and 95th air assault brigades, the 1st National Guard Brigade as well as the 101st, 103rd, 107th, 119th and 129th territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Belopolye, Glukhov, Kiyanitsa, Obody, Svessa, Sosnovka, Sumy, Shalimovka, Shalygino and Esman.
“Over the past 24 hours, the AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] losses were up to 400 troops and 18 units of hardware, including one tank, three armored personnel carriers, 14 armored fighting vehicles, three artillery guns, three mortars, one electronic warfare station and seven motor vehicles,” the ministry said.
“Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses were over 8,200 troops, 76 tanks, 36 infantry fighting vehicles, 67 armored personnel carriers, 521 armored fighting vehicles, 242 motor vehicles, 56 artillery guns, 16 multiple-launch rocket system [MLRS], including four HIMARS MLRS and two U.S.-made MLRSs, five SAM [surface-to-air missile] launchers, 12 electronic warfare stations, one counter-battery radar, one air defense radar, five engineering vehicles, including two counter obstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle,” it added.
The ministry also released video footage of some of the recent Russian strikes that hit Kiev forces as well as their positions and equipment in Kursk and Sumy.
Kiev forces launched their attack in Kursk on August 6, relying mainly on Western-made weapons and foreign mercenaries.
The Russian military halted the surprise Ukrainian attack within a few days. Nevertheless, a counter-attack is yet to be launched.
So far, at least 31 Russian civilians have been killed and more than 143 others have been wounded. Moreover, the attack displaced more than 144,000 civilians. The fate of some 2,000 others who lived in areas attacked by Kiev forces remain unknown.
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