Battle of Kursk II - 13 August 2024 - Day 8
The development of the Ukrainian operation near Kursk was led by American generals, and many foreign mercenaries were involved. This was stated by Deputy Chief of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, commander of the special forces "Akhmat" Major General Apty Alaudinov. "NATO headquarters were definitely involved in the development of the operation, that is, they were involved in organizing this work. I believe that it was the American generals who were in charge, for which they will ultimately all have to be held accountable. And a large number of foreign mercenaries [were involved]. It may well be that the specialists of the armed forces of these countries themselves were involved," Alaudinov said on the air of the Russia-1 TV channel. At the same time, the Akhmat commander is confident that the enemy is unlikely to advance further. "The blitzkrieg of [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky has basically already ended," he noted.
Security measures have been increased up in Moscow due to the threat of possible infiltration of sabotage groups into Moscow and the Moscow region. Security has been stepped up in the area in the center and around the Kremlin.
Both the Kremlin and media outlets that take their cues from the Kremlin appeared uncertain about what to say about the incursion at first, but more recently seem to have settled on a message meant to portray calm and confidence. "The enemy will, for sure, receive an adequate response, and all the goals we outlined will, no doubt, be reached," Putin said on August 12, adding that the "provocation" had not affected Russia's military operations inside Ukraine.
"It is impossible to destabilize us or sow panic," prominent and avidly anti-Ukrainian presenter Olga Skabeyeva said on Rossia-1, one of the main state TV channels. "On the contrary, they have enraged Russians, and everyone now is ready to take up a weapon and make it clear that you cannot deal with Russia in this way."
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in one day in the Kursk direction amounted to 420 servicemen and 55 units of armored vehicles. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry. During the entire period of military operations, according to the department, the enemy lost more than 2 thousand soldiers there.
The Russian Armed Forces prevented breakthroughs by enemy mobile groups in armored vehicles deep into Russian territory in the areas of the populated areas of Obshchy Kolodez, Snagost, Kauchuk, and Alekseevsky. An attack by units of the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Martynovka was repelled. Russian aviation hit the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Miropolye, Mogritsa and Petrushevka in the Sumy region.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the operation to destroy Ukrainian formations in the Kursk region continues. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 420 servicemen and 55 armored vehicles. Among them, 3 tanks, 8 armored personnel carriers, an infantry fighting vehicle, 43 armored combat vehicles, 31 cars, a multiple launch rocket system launcher, and an artillery piece were destroyed. Up to 15 Ukrainian soldiers and four Stryker armored personnel carriers were destroyed during the clearing of the village of Ozerki in the Kursk region; six Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were taken prisoner. In total, during the fighting, the enemy lost up to 2,030 servicemen, 35 tanks, 31 armored personnel carriers, 18 infantry fighting vehicles, 179 other armored combat vehicles, 78 cars, 4 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2 multiple launch rocket system launchers and 14 field artillery guns.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) will receive a deserved punishment for their terrorist attack on Russian territory, which also implies a wide range of consequences, including for the leadership of the Kiev nationalist regime. This was stated by the chairman of the United Russia party and deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. "As is known, Ukraine carried out a terrorist attack on our territory, all assessments were given by the President of the Russian Federation several days ago and yesterday, I will not dwell on this. I will only say that for what they did, they will certainly suffer a deserved punishment. Such a punishment, which assumes a wide range of consequences for those who did it, including the leadership of the Kyiv, nationalist regime," Medvedev said during the videoconference on issues of providing assistance to the Kursk region.
Units of the Eastern Group of the Russian Armed Forces improved their position along the front line in a day, defeated four Ukrainian brigades, and the enemy lost up to 100 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "Units of the "East" group of forces <...> inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 15th, 72nd mechanized, 58th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 120th territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Zolotaya Niva and Prechistovka of the Donetsk People's Republic," the statement said.
During the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation , hundreds of Russian soldiers surrendered, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said . He said this in his address on August 13. "Thank you again to all our guys who replenish the exchange fund - this is very important for our state. "Hundreds of Russian soldiers have already surrendered, and all of them will receive humane treatment - they did not have such treatment even in their own Russian army," Zelenskyy said.
he advance of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region as of August 13 is complicated by resistance in the direction of the regional center. On some frontiers, the Armed Forces will dig in. Military sources participating in the operation in the Kursk region told Suspilno about this in a comment.
Sources confirmed the capture of the city of Suja, but the industrial area of the city has not yet been checked. Soon there should be an official statement that the district center is under the control of the Armed Forces, The Ukrainian military also passed the settlements of Kolmakov, Martynivka, Russkoe Porechnoe, and Pogrebky. There are few local residents of the region. They are "a little indignant" at the actions of the Ukrainian army, the source said.
"In the villages, partisans are trying to use weapons for hunting. Now there is strong resistance in the direction of Kursk. Accordingly, the advance is already difficult," - emphasized in a comment to Suspilno. At certain borders, Ukrainian troops will equip defenses.
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