August 10, 2024

Russian Ministry of Defense:  Up to 2,045 Ukrainian casualties in 24 hours

Russian Defense Ministry

Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation

Over the 24 hours, the active actions of the Sever Group of Forces and arrived reserves, Army Aviation and artillery strikes thwarted the attempts of the enemy’s mobile groups to get to the depth of the Russian territory near Ivashkovskoye, Malaya Loknya, and Olgovka.

Fire damage was inflicted on the AFU manpower and hardware near Nikolayevo-Daryino, Gusevo, Lyubimovka, Zeleniy Shliyakh, and Sverdlikovo.

Aviation and missile troops delivered strikes at the enemy’s reserves on the territory of Sumy region.

Up to 15 Ukrainian troops were eliminated as a result of a strike by a missile equipped with a thermobaric warhead at a temporary deployment area of foreign mercenaries on the southern outskirts of Sudzha. 

Over the past 24, the AFU losses have amounted to up to 175 Ukrainian troops and 36 units of hardware, including 10 tanks, three armoured personnel carriers, two infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armoured fighting vehicles, one motor vehicle, three field artillery guns, and one BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.

Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to up to 1,120 Ukrainian troops, 140 units of hardware, including 22 tanks, 20 armoured personnel carriers, eight infantry fighting vehicles, 88 armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, two Buk-M1 self-propelled SAM systems, one BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, and six field artillery guns.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.

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▫️Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade, International Legion mercenaries, 125th, and 228th territorial defence brigades in Volchansk and Liptsy directions.

The AFU losses in these directions amounted to up to 95 Ukrainian troops, four pickup trucks, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as well as inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 66th, 67th, 115th mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade near Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova, StelmakhovkaNadiya (Lugansk People’s Republic), Novosadovoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Gorokhovatka (Kharkov region).

Four attacks launched by assault detachments of the 1st National Guard Brigade and 117th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 495 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzer. Five AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 93rd, 150th mechanised brigades, 143rd Infantry Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, and 114th Territorial Defence Brigade near Stupochki, PredtechinoChasov Yar, and Kirovo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 680 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, three 152-mm D-20 howitzers, one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzer.

▫️Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 24th, 32nd, 100th mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 109th, 111th territorial defence brigades, and 14th National Guard Brigade near Toretsk, KalinovoGrodovka, NovgorodskoyeRusin Yar, and Druzhba (Donetsk People’s Republic).

Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 53rd Mechanised Brigade and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 350 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 152-mm Giatsint-B howitzer, and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Vodyanoye and Zolotaya Niva (Donetsk People’s Republic). 

One attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade was repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 Ukrainian troops, seven motor vehicles, and one 152-mm D-20 howitzer.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 15th National Guard Brigade near NesteryankaKamenskoye, Zherebyanka, and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 Ukrainian troops, one Polish-made Oncilla armoured personnel carrier, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

One Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 air surveillance radar station and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station were destroyed.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one UAV workshop, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 152 areas during the day.

▫️Air defence units shot down two French-made Hammer guided aviation bombs, 16 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, four U.S.-made Patriot SAM system missiles, 153 unmanned aerial vehicles, 97 of which outside the special military operation zone.

📊In total, 637 airplanes and 278 helicopters, 29,960 unmanned aerial vehicles, 563 air defence missile systems, 17,011 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,399 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,090 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,591 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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