The military personnel of the Northern Group of Forces prevented the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from entering the village of Malaya Loknya in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region. It was reported TASS To the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The Russian military took up defensive positions in the building of the correctional colony No. 11. Civilian personnel and prisoners from the penal colony were evacuated in advance.
The ministry said that Russian Armed Forces soldiers turned the colony into a real fortress, seized defenses around it and within the complex of buildings, built defensive structures along the perimeter and held their positions for several days.
The Russian Defense Ministry added that the Ukrainian army lost about ten infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, as well as about a hundred military personnel, while trying to enter the densely populated area.
Since August 6, Russian armed forces have been fighting with Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region. Since August 10, valid Counter-terrorism operational regime.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin statedThat the invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the Kursk region is an attempt to stop the advance of Russian troops into the territory of the DPR, LPR and Novorossiya. The head of state promised a worthy response to Ukraine for its aggression against the border region.
Previously in the USA statedHe said Ukraine had been preparing to strike the Kursk region for more than a year.