On Monday, August 26, 2024, Russia said that it had struck Ukrainian forces at more than a dozen places along the front in the Kursk region.
Russia’s defence ministry announced, “Units of the northern group of forces, with the support of army aviation and artillery fire, repelled attacks by enemy assault groups in the direction of the settlements of Kremyanoye, Malaya Loknya and Nechayev.”
The ministry noted that Russian forces had also “thwarted attempts to attack in the direction of Komarovka, Spalnoye, Korenevo, Pogrebky and Olgovka.”
It added that air strikes, artillery fire and military operations defeated concentrations of enemy personnel and equipment near Apanasovka, Borki, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Tenth October, Kruglenkoye, Loknya, Mikhailovka, Novaya Sorochina, Plekhovo, Snagost and Yuzhny.
The ministry reported that Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 400 servicemen over the day.
According to Russian Defense Ministry, since fighting began in Kursk, Ukraine’s overall losses amount to more than 6,200 servicemen, 73 tanks, 33 infantry fighting vehicles, 61 armored personnel carriers, 404 armored combat vehicles, 188 vehicles, 42 artillery pieces, five anti-aircraft missile system launchers, 11 multiple rocket launchers, including three HIMARS and one MLRS, nine electronic warfare stations, two counter-battery radars, an air defense radar, five pieces of engineering equipment, including two engineering demolition vehicles and one UR-77 demining unit.
Commander Major General, Apty Alaudinov said that Russian forces destroyed over the past day in the Kursk Region two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored combat vehicles and one French-made AMR light tank.
“Over the past day we have also wiped out one automatic grenade launcher squad, one mortar and also destroyed a cannon gun,” he continued.
“By delivering strikes on all of this military hardware, our guys inflicted numerous casualties upon Ukrainian troops,” he added,
Alaudinov claimed that Ukraine has been stopped and is being destroyed every day in the Kursk area.
“The enemy is indeed making attempts to advance, but to no avail. We have already launched work in numerous areas to destroy the enemy and liberate some settlements. I believe that this work will progress with each day.”
Apty Alaudinov
Moreover, Russia’s Defense Ministry disclosed that Russian troops in the borderline Kursk Region have received additional missile and artillery armament.
“Twenty-one requests have come from the Kursk Region operational headquarters. Nineteen issues have been resolved. New requests are being processed. Additional missile/artillery armament has arrived for the battlegroup [in the Kursk Region],” the ministry said in a statement.
“The Russian Defense Ministry has received no new requests from the operational headquarters of the borderline Belgorod and Bryansk Regions,” it added.
IAEA Director To Visit Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Tomorrow
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Grossi will visit the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) tomorrow, Monday, August 27, 2024, in order to personally assess the situation at the facility.
“Since new developments and increased levels of military activity in the vicinity of the KNPP, I have been closely following developments on the ground, especially with respect to the plant,” Grossi said in a statement.
“It is vital when I arrive at the plant tomorrow that I see first-hand the situation and discuss modalities for further activities as may be needed to evaluate the nuclear safety and security conditions of the KNPP.”
Rafael Grossi
According to Grossi, the principles of nuclear security during armed conflicts, as well as the ones developed specifically for the Zaporozhye NPP, could also be applied to the Kursk NPP.
He iterated that the safety and security of nuclear facilities must not be endangered under any circumstances.
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