Russian forces in southern Kursk Region destroyed five Stryker APCs near Yuzhnoye and a military column, including a tank and four APCs, near Martynovka, as reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The ministry stated that they are continuing to repel Ukrainian invasion attempts.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video showing the destruction of Ukrainian armored vehicles and personnel by guided missiles and artillery in the border area of the Kursk region. The footage shows army aviation helicopter crews destroying armored vehicles and personnel with guided missiles and artillery fire as the enemy's combat equipment took cover in a forested area.
Additionally, the ministry published a video of a Ukrainian tank and armored vehicle being destroyed by Lancet drones in the border area of the Kursk region.
📹Russian troops continue to destroy Ukrainian armored vehicles and manpower in the border area of the Russian Kursk region.
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) August 9, 2024
Using Lancets, artillery and guided missiles launched from a helicopter, Russian troops successfully hit Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles. pic.twitter.com/S7ZtjRkMbt
On the morning of August 6, Ukrainian units numbering up to 1,000 troops attempted to seize a portion of the Sudzhansky district in the Kursk region. According to the Ministry of Defense, over two days, they lost 660 soldiers and 82 units of armored vehicles, including eight tanks, 12 armored personnel carriers (BTRs), six infantry fighting vehicles (BMPs), and 55 other armored vehicles.
According to the Investigative Committee, during the attempted invasion, several dozen Russian civilians, as well as military personnel, were injured. Acting Deputy Governor of the Kursk region Andrey Belostotsky reported that four people were killed, and the number of injured children has increased to nine.
Russian Forces Continue to Repel Ukraine's Attempted Invasion of Kursk Region
Earlier in the day, the Russian Army's Sever (North) Battlegroup and the approaching reserves prevented attempts by Ukrainian forces to raid deep into Russian territory.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to tackle the Kiev regime’s attempted invasion of Russia’s Kursk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has said in a statement.
Earlier on Friday, forces including those from the Sever (North) Battlegroup inflicted fire damage on Ukrainian troops and equipment in the areas of Darino, Gogolevka, Melovoy, and Nikolsky settlements, and the western outskirts of Sudzha, according to the MoD.
In the Yuzhny area, the Russian combat aviation destroyed five Ukrainian Stryker armored personnel carriers, while in the settlement of Martynovka, Russian forces eliminated a Ukrainian column comprising of a tank, four armored personnel carriers and a Kozak armored combat vehicle.
📹Russian troops continue to destroy Ukrainian armored vehicles and manpower in the border area of the Russian Kursk region.
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) August 9, 2024
Using Lancets, artillery and guided missiles launched from a helicopter, Russian troops successfully hit Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles. pic.twitter.com/S7ZtjRkMbt
Russian warplanes and missile forces have meanwhile defeated Ukrainian reserves in the territory of the Sumy region.
During the day, Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 280 militants and 27 armored vehicles, including four tanks, five armored personnel carriers, 18 armored combat vehicles, as well as six vehicles, a 155 mm M777 howitzer, a 155 mm self-propelled artillery "Krab" and a 152 mm D-20 gun.
In total, during the fighting in the Kursk region, they have lost up to 945 military personnel and 102 armored vehicles, including 12 tanks, 17 armored personnel carriers, six infantry fighting vehicles, 67 armored combat vehicles, as well as 12 vehicles, two self-propelled fire launchers of the Buk M1 anti-aircraft missile system, and three field artillery guns, per the MoD.
On Tuesday, the MoD said that Ukrainian forces had launched an offensive to seize territory in the Kursk region. The next day, Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russia’s air, missile and artillery strikes had prevented about 1,000 Ukrainian troops from advancing deep into Russian territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, underscored that the Kiev regime had undertaken another large-scale provocation and was firing indiscriminately at civilian targets.
Russian Rights Council to Ask Int'l Organizations to Recognize Kursk Attacks as Terrorism
Russia's Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights will appeal to international organizations to recognize Kiev's actions in Russia's Kursk Region as terrorist, its head Valery Fadeyev said on Friday.
"I am preparing an appeal to the relevant international organizations, including human rights organizations, with a demand to recognize the terrorist nature of the actions of the Kiev regime in the Kursk Region," Fadeyev said in a post on the council's Telegram channel.
Civilian casualties among the region's population are not accidents, but cold-blooded murders, the council's head also said.
"Those are obvious crimes, as under the rules of war, soldiers are required, when possible, not to harm religious, scientific and artistic facilities. The shelling of the [Goralsky St. Nicholas] monastery was evidently deliberate," Fadeyev added.
The Geneva Convention directly prohibits targeting the civilian population and facilities, therefore the actions of the Ukrainian military qualify as violations of the Geneva Convention and war crimes, he said.
On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces had launched an offensive to seize territory in the Kursk Region. The next day, Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said the advance deep into Russian territory had been halted.
Commenting on the Kursk Region attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kiev of launching a large-scale provocation. He also said that Ukrainian troops had shelled Russian regions indiscriminately, firing at civilian infrastructure and ambulances.
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