Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the course of repelling the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region

(as of January 13, 2025)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to defeat the Armed Forces of Ukraine formations in the territory of the Kursk region.

Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of a tank, four mechanized, three amphibious assault brigades, a marine brigade and two territorial defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Guevo, Kositsa, Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolaevka, Nikolaevo-Darino, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, Sverdlikovo and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. Five enemy counterattacks were repelled.

Operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery strikes hit enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Bondarevka, Dmitryukov, Kruglenke, 1st Knyazhiy, Martynovka, Melovoy, Mikhaylovka, Nikolaevo-Darino, Nikolsky, Yuzhny, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Obody and Yunakovka in Sumy region.

During the day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 230 military personnel, three tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, six armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, four self-propelled artillery installations, two mortars, an electronic warfare station and a counter-battery warfare station were destroyed.

In total, during the fighting in the Kursk area, the enemy lost more than 51,430 military personnel, 300 tanks, 229 infantry fighting vehicles, 166 armored personnel carriers, 1,539 armored fighting vehicles, 1,456 vehicles, 358 artillery pieces, 44 multiple rocket launchers, including 13 HIMARS and six MLRS manufactured by the United States, 16 launchers installations of anti-aircraft missile systems, eight transport-charging vehicles, 93 electronic warfare stations, 14 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 30 units of engineering and other equipment, of which 15 are barrier engineering vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearance unit, as well as eight armored recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle.

The operation to destroy the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues.

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