Kiev Forces Took Losses After Failed Attacks In Kursk (Videos)

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The Sever Group of Forces inflicted heavy losses on several Ukrainian formations and repelled three counter-attacks by Kiev forces in the Kursk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on November 3.

Ukraine’s 21st, 22nd, 41st, and 115th mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd, 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, as well as the 112th and 129th territorial defense brigades took losses near the settlements of Daryino, Leonidovo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo, the ministry said in a briefing, adding that the counter-attacks were repelled close to the settlements of Malaya Loknya, Novo Ivanovka, and Plyokhovo.

“The AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded,” it stated.

The ministry also announced that Russian air and artillery strikes targeted a number of Ukrainian military gatherings in Kursk.

The gatherings belonged to the 21st, 41st, 47th, and 61st mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 1st Special Operations Brigade, 112th, 129th territorial defense brigades, and 17th National Guard Brigade, the ministry said.

It added that the strikes took place near the settlements of Aleksandriya, Bondarevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Kazachaya Loknya, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Melovy, Nizhny Klin, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Staraya Sorochina, and Plyokhovo.

Other strikes targeted the reserves of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th mechanized brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 1st Special Operations Brigade, as well as the 103rd, 106th, and 129th territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Andreyevka, Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Obody, Pavlovka, and Khoten in the Ukrainian region of Sumy, according to the ministry.

“Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 150 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one electronic warfare station, and five motor vehicles,” the ministry detailed in its briefing.

Separately, videos posted to social networks showed a side of the recent clashes between the Sever Group of Forces and Ukrainian formations in the Kursk direction.

Kiev forces launched a surprise attack from Sumy into Kursk last August, relying mainly on foreign mercenaries and Western-made weapons.

Since the start of the attack, at least 56 Russian civilians have been killed and more than 266 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.

The Russian military launched a counter-attack in Kursk in September. Nearly half of the settlements initially occupied by Ukrainian troops have been already liberated.

According to the Russian MoD, since the start of the battle in Kursk Kiev forces have lost 29,250 troops, 180 tanks, 102 infantry fighting vehicles, 106 armored personnel carriers, 1,063 armored fighting vehicles, 785 motor vehicles, 255 artillery guns, 40 launchers, including 11 American-made HIMARS and six MLRS systems, ten air defense systems, seven transport-loading vehicles, 59 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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