At about 08:00 Moscow time, in the area of the settlements of Nikolaevo-Darino and Oleshnya, Kursk region, the enemy attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Up to 300 militants from the 22nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 11 tanks and more than 20 armored combat vehicles participated in the attack.

The troops covering the state border, together with units of the border troops of the FSB of Russia, repel attacks and inflict fire damage on the enemy in the area of the state border and reserves in the Sumy region.

Operational-tactical and assault aircraft struck concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Basovka, Zhuravka, Khoten, Yunakovka, Belovody, Khrapovshchina of the Sumy region. Army aviation is effectively used against enemy armored vehicles. The reserves of the Russian group of troops in the Kursk direction moved into the area of the clash.

At the moment, 16 units of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been destroyed, including six tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, four armored personnel carriers, three Kozak armored fighting vehicles and an engineering barrier vehicle.

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