The Russian military has identified and destroyed three US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and several accompanying vehicles, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced on Monday.
The materiel was deployed by Ukrainian forces in Sumy Region, from which Kiev launched a major incursion into Kursk region with a stated goal to create a “buffer zone” on Russian soil.
The Russian military released a video showing what it described as disguised firing positions of the mobile rocket systems near the villages of Osoevka and Glybnoye. A location on the road connecting the two settlements located roughly 12 miles from the Russian border closely resembles the terrain in the clip.
A series of Russian strikes was apparently delivered overnight, according to drone footage. Two positions deployed in relative proximity to each other next to a dirt road on the edge of a small forest were hit first, with survivors appearing to rush towards cars parked nearby. The third strike hit the forest itself.
The Russian ministry estimates the strikes destroyed three HIMARS launchers, three support cars, and a single loader vehicle, and killed over 30 troops.
Total Ukrainian casualties in the Kursk Region offensive have surpassed 8,900, the ministry reported in a regular update on Monday. Russian forces have destroyed six HIMARS launchers, two tracked MLRS launchers and dozens of heavy weapons sent by Kiev across the border for the incursion, the report said.
FACTBOX: Ukrainian attacks thwarted: developments in Kursk Region
The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 350 troops and 14 armored vehicles in the Kursk Region in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The enemy's total losses since fighting began in the region are more than 8,900 troops.
Over the day, Russian troops repelled six attacks by Ukrainian assault groups towards Borki, Komarovka, Korenevo and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. The Russian army also thwarted attempted attacks on Olgovka and Kremyanoye.
TASS has gathered the key facts about the situation.
Operation to neutralize Ukrainian forces
- The Northern battlegroup units, backed by army aviation and artillery fire, repelled six attacks by enemy assault groups towards Borki, Komarovka, Korenevo and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye over the past day.
- The Russian military foiled Ukraine’s attempts to attack Olgovka and Kremyanoye.
- Russian jets struck Ukrainian reserves in 14 settlements of the Sumy Region.
Ukraine’s losses
- In the last 24 hours, the enemy lost more than 350 servicemen, 14 armored vehicles, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, 12 armored combat vehicles, three artillery pieces, three US-made HIMARS MLRS launchers, a mortar, two Buk-M1 SAM launchers, a mobile Buk-M1 SAM control station, a HIMARS MLRS transport and loading vehicle, a Buk-M1 SAM transport vehicle, a US-made ANT/PQ-50 counter-battery radar and 12 vehicles.
- In total, Ukraine lost more than 8,900 servicemen, 80 tanks, 38 infantry fighting vehicles, 70 armored personnel carriers, 549 armored combat vehicles, 261 vehicles, 65 artillery pieces, 19 multiple rocket launchers, including six HIMARS, two MLRS, seven anti-aircraft missile launchers, two transport and loading vehicles, 14 electronic warfare stations, seven counter-battery radars, an air defense radar, six pieces of engineering equipment, including two engineering demolition vehicles and one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle.
Early voting
- More than 19% of all Kursk Region voters cast their ballots during five days of early voting in the local government elections, the regional election commission reported citing its chairwoman Tatyana Malakhova.
Statements by local authorities
- The situation in the town of Lgov in the Kursk Region remains tense but under control. City officials, law enforcement agencies and public utilities are working hard to maintain some semblance of normalcy in the area, mayor Alexey Klemeshov said on his Telegram channel.
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