Statement by Russian Defence Ministry
08.08.2024
Units of the Sever Group of Forces along with units of the Russian Federal Security Service continue to eliminate armed AFU formations in Sudzha and Korenevo districts of Kursk region immediately adjacent to the border between Russia and Ukraine.
Over the 24 hours, active actions of the State Border Covering Force along with border units, reinforcement units and arrived reserves, air and missile strikes, and artillery fire prevented the enemy from advancing. Fire damage is inflicted on the located AFU manpower and hardware clusters. Attempts of separate units to get to the depth of territories in Kursk direction were foiled.
Aviation strikes are delivered at the approaching AFU reserves on the territory of Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses have amounted to up to 400 Ukrainian troops and 32 units of armoured hardware, including one tank, four armoured personnel carriers, three infantry fighting vehicles, and 24 Kozak armoured fighting vehicles.
Since the beginning of battles in Kursk direction, the AFU losses have amounted to up to 660 Ukrainian troops, 82 units of armoured hardware, including eight tanks, 12 armoured personnel carriers, six infantry fighting vehicles, 55 armoured fighting vehicles, and one counter obstacle vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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