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The Russian military’s Sever (North) Group of Forces inflicted heavy losses on several formations of Kiev forces and repelled multiple Ukrainian counter-attacks in the Kursk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on November 13.
In its daily briefing, the ministry said that Ukraine 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 103rd, 112th and 129th territorial defense brigades sustained losses near the settlements Daryino, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka.
It added that six counter-attacks were also repelled close to the settlements of Aleksandria, Nizhniy Klin, Novaya Sorochina, and Novoivanovka.
“The AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] losses amounted to up to 80 people killed and wounded, a tank, two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two M113 armored personnel carriers, three Humvee armored fighting vehicles, and a motor vehicle. One AFU serviceman surrendered,” the ministry stated.
In addition, the ministry announced that Russian air and artillery strikes hit gatherings of the 21st, 22nd, 47th, and 61st mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade as well as 103rd, 112th, 118th, and 129th territorial defense brigades, and 17th National Guard Brigade.
The gatherings were targeted close to the settlements of Aleksandria, Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zamostye, Zeleny Shlyakh, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martrynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nizhni Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolskiy, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Other strikes hit the Ukrainian region of Sumy, according to the ministry, which said that the reserves of 41st and 115th mechanized brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault brigade as well as 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade and 1st National Guard Brigade were struck near the settlements of Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Ivolzhanskoye, Pisevka, Khoten, Yunakovka, and Yablovka.
“During the day, the AFU losses amounted to more than 450 troops, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, including two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 33 armored fighting vehicles as well as five artillery guns, including a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, four mortars, a French-made Crotale anti-aircraft missile system, and 49 motor vehicles,” the ministry detailed in its briefing.
Videos posted to social networks showed some of the Russian strikes that hit Kiev forces in both Kursk and Sumy in recent days.
Kiev forces attacked Kursk from Sumy last August. The Russian military is currently conducting a counter-attack to clear the region.
According to the Russian MoD, since the start of the battle in Kursk Kiev forces have lost 32,150 troops, 202 tanks, 134 infantry fighting vehicles, 112 armored personnel carriers, 1,146 armored fighting vehicles, 907 motor vehicles, 274 artillery guns, 40 launchers, including 11 American-made HIMARS and six MLRS systems, 12 air defense systems, seven transport-loading vehicles, 62 electronic warfare stations, 13 counter-battery radars, four aerial radars, 27 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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lol. ok, so when russia is not advancing, they are at least “repelling counterattacks”. but how it is possible that ukraininen are able to make counterattacks? according to sf propaganda, all ukrainiens are already dead multiple times, zelensky is desperate, new conscripts are not available and afu is on full scale retreat. it must be some trick.
these counterattacks are fake. it would be bad for russia to admit they are not advancing because ukrainien are good prepared, protected with the minefields, trenches, anti tank ditches, radars and missiles in the kursk. and the high command of russian forces probably decided to postpone start of kursk operation to march -april 2025 as the cold weather is not appropriate for large logistic operations. that would only confirm that the russians are completely incompetent.
the russians are “competent” their own way. they are waiting for another season of conscripts, because putin has already killed everything he has got this year. they recruit 150,000 conscripts four times a year, and probably no one will make it home alive, so they try to negotiate some more cannon fodder with north korea. but it cost them money, and putin doesn’t have enough money to pay for that. so they postponed everything and wait for fresh meat to be ground in kursk
russians recruit 150k conscripts 2 times a year. it means 300k soldiers per year from the 1,5 million pool. not all are dead on arrival, some of them make to survive 2nd year.. so realistically, putin will not have to draft north korean soldiers earlier then in 6-7 years of his “special operation”. in 6-7 years, there is chance that even such an asshole as putin will make it to dnieper which can serve as natural obstacle preventing imminent nato invasion and reduce russian casualties.
as putin is quite old, he has good probability to die in kremlin a natural death and end up in a gilded coffin in the kremlin wall, with the vast majority of the russian nation seeing him as a demigod, just as they have established it in north korea. maybe they will introduce mandatory mourning in russia and policemen would check on the streets if everyone was crying and tearing hair. anything is possible in russia.
they could die together – putin and kim. this would save some funeral costs. hmm. maybe putin could give kim another russian limousine and kim could take him on a trip to test the brakes. at least the writers in the west would finally have a proper story
because kursk, since it failed at its initial objective, is a pr operation now. zelensky is sending all its reserves there because he cannot accept public defeat. ukrainians are dying so that zelensky looks good. while the russians are advancing everywhere else.
i heard a completely different story, about the relatively small 20,000 ukrainian contingent, which killed about 10,000 russians in a surprise attack, took 350 square miles in no time, forced 100,000 civilians fled with their lives, leaving everything behind. then all russian attempts to repel the attack failed, and now the ukrainians have an advantage in defense. but you can believe what you want. maybe putin will hire baba yaga and trample ukrainian soldiers with a house on a chicken’s leg
so why have the russian taken back 50% of the territory conquered if all russian attempt at reconquest failed ? and why are the russians advancing everywhere else if the ukrainians are so good at creating defenses ? your theory makes no sense. but it is usual with the west/ukrainian propaganda : completely inconsistent, completely unbelivable. and that’s why it always end in smearing and desperately trying to confuse things.
why they fed ukraine since ussr collapsed, why they bribed all the politicians, why they gave them natural gas for free? to lose it in maidan coup ? russians are simply imbeciles, always asking the wrong questions. ok, now 1 million russian will die to fight back what they gave up without fight. or better to say. they will get ruins of the former eastern part of ukraine.
sure, buddy, sure. ukraine is now on a path to complete disapperance. it will not recover demographically because their leaders are morons and took refuge on the titanic. superior people for sure.
in fact, russians are doing it to please western “partners” . that’s their characteristic. they still need to prove something to themself and please someone.
i also noticed nato supplies a lot of drones and together with endless cannon fodder kursk is still a big fish to catch. but the cutting of nato supply lines kicks in soon and all will be over before the new year✌️🫶💪
how could we characterize the performance of the ukrainian military since 2014? are they poised to drive the russsians from donbas soon? reckon the ukrainians will be in crimea by summer?
the exceptionals are coming, are russia prepared to make a peace deal with the exceptionals. they will accept the trump offer, wait and see… everything is predesigned in this world, so bored.
trump’s offer is going to the history as the minsk accords vol. iv.
but putin and lavrov are stupid enough to consider it worthy of approval.
putin is trying everything to get kursk back before trump’s inauguration but is miserably failing 🇷🇺=🤡 😆😆😆
why would the russians be influenced by trump’s inauguration ? it’s west propaganda fantasy, like 50,000 troops offensive and north korea troops. trump’s inauguration will make no difference whatsoever. the usa is far from being all powerful, whatever their leaders delude themselves with.
how in the actual hell can russia not cut their enemies supply lines in their own damn country.
how the hell is it that after years of war, the ukranians still have a functioning infrastructure, roads, dams, power stations, bridges, etc?
after years, those in kiev are still going to bars and restaurants living it up.
given that the ukrainians claim to be fighting for the existence of their state, you might ask them why they’re still going to bars and restaurants living it up.