Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 30km inside Russia, in what has become the the deepest and most significant incursion since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia's defence ministry said its forces had engaged Ukrainian troops near the villages of Tolpino and Obshchy Kolodez, as the offensive in the Kursk region entered a sixth day.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused Kyiv of "intimidating the peaceful population of Russia".
Russian servicemen prevented attempts by the Ukrainian military to break deeper into Russia’s Kursk Region over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
ReplyDelete"Over the course of the past day, active actions of the battlegroup North units and arriving reserves, strikes by army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery fire in the areas of the settlements of Tolpino, Zhuravli, and Obshchy Kolodez prevented attempts of the enemy’s mobile groups to break deeper into Russian territory using armored vehicles," the ministry said.
The ministry said the Russian military destroyed four armored vehicles, including three US-made Stryker armored fighting vehicles.
Air defenses shot down four Tochka-U missiles and 14 drones over the region.
La Russie dit avoir arrêté des avancées en profondeur des forces ukrainiennes sur son sol
ReplyDeleteL'armée russe a reconnu dimanche que des troupes ukrainiennes s'étaient enfoncées en profondeur dans la région de Koursk, en assurant avoir stoppé leurs avancées près de trois localités situées à une trentaine de kilomètres à vol d'oiseau de la frontière.
Dans un communiqué, elle affirme avoir empêché "des tentatives de percées" de "groupes mobiles de blindés" ennemis près des localités de Tolpino, de Jouravli et d'Obchtchi Kolodez.
Russian forces have thwarted attempts by Ukrainian troops on armored vehicles to penetrate deeper into the Kursk region during the day, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.
ReplyDelete"Throughout the day, actions by forces of Battlegroup Sever and the reserves that arrived, along with strikes from army aviation and unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery fire in the areas of the settlements of Tolpino, Zhuravli, and Obshchy Kolodez prevented breakthrough attempts by mobile enemy groups on armored vehicles into Russian territory," the statement said.