The "North" group defeated seven Ukrainian brigades in the Kursk region

The Russian Army's "North" troop grouping in the border areas of Kursk Region has hit seven brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), including one tank brigade, over the course of the day. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry on January 9.

"The units of the "North" group of forces defeated the formations of the tank, two mechanized, two airborne assault brigades and two brigades of the territorial defense of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Alexandria, Viktorovka, Daryino, Zazulevka, Kazachya Loknya, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolayevka, Novaya Sorochina, Sverdlikovo and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye," the ministry said in a statement on its Telegram channel.

Over the day, the AFU lost up to 190 military personnel, an armored personnel carrier (APC), five vehicles and other equipment in the Kursk border area. The total losses of the Ukrainian army for the entire time of hostilities in the region exceeded 50.3 thousand people, 294 tanks, 161 APCs, 218 infantry fighting vehicles (BMP), 348 artillery pieces, 1,435 vehicles and other equipment, including Western-made.

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Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry showed the combat work of an army aviation crew on a Ka-52 helicopter, which as part of a mixed tactical group hit personnel, armored vehicles and an AFU stronghold in the Kursk border region. The targets were successfully destroyed and the aircraft returned to the departure airfield as normal.

The day before, on January 8, a drone operator of the Akhmat Special Forces with the call sign Psykh said that his unit had accomplished a combat mission during the day to stop an armored column of the AFU, which tried to launch a counterattack against Russian positions in the border area of Kursk Region on January 5. In addition, tankers, artillerymen and drone operators from other units made a great contribution to the fight against the Ukrainian fighters, all of whom worked cohesively and at the highest level.

The AFU attacked Russian positions in the border areas of the Kursk region on August 6 last year. The situation in the region was recognized as a federal emergency. The liquidation of the Ukrainian militants who invaded the Russian territory is underway.

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