russian media: a group of ukrainian troops were surrounded by russian troops in kursk
2024-09-17
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reference news reported on september 17according to a report by the russian satellite news agency on september 17, the commander of a detachment of the 155th guards naval infantry brigade of the pacific fleet of the russian army's "northern" cluster said that some ukrainian combatants separated from the main force during the attack on russia's kursk oblast and are now surrounded.
"they gathered reserves here, including from the donetsk direction," the commander reportedly said. "they brought in a large number of troops in an attempt to launch a blitzkrieg, but it didn't work. during the counterattack on september 10, the enemy fell into a fire circle and has not been able to get rid of it until today."
according to reports, the russian ministry of defense stated on the 16th that during the combat operations in the kursk direction, the ukrainian army lost more than 13,800 soldiers, 115 tanks, 28 salvo rocket launchers (including 7 us-made "himars" systems) and 8 air defense missile system launchers.
"the operation to annihilate ukrainian troops continues," the russian defense ministry said.
russian president vladimir putin previously said that kiev attacked kursk oblast in the hope of stopping the russian army's offensive in the donbas region, but to no avail.
