The main purpose of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ invasion of the Kursk region is the seizure of the Kursk nuclear power plant, Alaudinov said. According to him, the Ukrainian servicemen have failed their task and are now trying to dig in to “avoid destruction.”
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), during their operation in the Kursk region, planned to seize the Kursk NPP by August 11, in total over 11 thousand Ukrainian military took part in the operation, Deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of Russia, commander of the Akhmat special forces Apti Alaudinov said.
According to him, the APU did not fulfill its task, and the entire resource, “which was more or less on the move,” turned out to be “thrown into the furnace.” “Most of the equipment that was thrown at the Kursk direction has already been destroyed,” the general added.
Alaudinov also reported that Russian troops are completing the blocking of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region. According to him, Ukrainians are no longer rushing forward, but are starting to dig in, “trying to avoid destruction.”
The Kursk NPP is located in Kurchatov. The city itself, with a population of about 40 thousand people, is located about 65 km from the border with Ukraine. Two (out of four) power units with a total capacity of 2 thousand MW are currently operating at the station. It provides more than 50% of the installed capacity of all power plants in the Chernozem region.
Fighting in the border areas of the Kursk region has been going on since the morning of August 6. By the evening of August 7, an emergency regime was introduced in the region, which was later given federal status. During this time, 28 settlements in the region were under the control of the Ukrainian military, where about 2 thousand people may remain, acting Governor Alexei Smirnov reported on August 12.
According to the data On the day of August 13, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the fighting in the Kursk direction amounted to 2,030 people, as well as several hundred pieces of equipment, including 35 tanks and 31 armored personnel carriers.
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