Official statement of the Russian Ministry of Defence on the situation in the Kursk region

Units of the Northern Group of the Russian Armed Forces, together with the Federal Security Service of Russia, continue to destroy armed formations of the AFU in the Sudzhensky and Korenevsky districts of the Kursk region, directly on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Throughout the day, active actions of the state border guards together with border guards, reinforcement units and reserves, air strikes, missile forces and artillery fire have prevented the enemy from advancing.

Fire is being used to defeat identified concentrations of AFU personnel and equipment. Attempts by individual units to break through deep into the territory in the direction of Kursk are being thwarted.

Air strikes were carried out against the advancing AFU reserves in the Sumy area.

During the day, the enemy lost up to 400 soldiers and 32 armoured vehicles, including one tank, four armoured personnel carriers, three infantry fighting vehicles and 24 Kozak armoured fighting vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of combat operations in the direction of Kursk, the enemy has lost 660 servicemen and 82 units of armoured vehicles, including eight tanks, 12 armoured personnel carriers, six infantry fighting vehicles, 55 armoured fighting vehicles and one engineer demolition vehicle.

The operation to destroy the AFU formations continues.
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