According to the Russian Defense Ministry update issued midday in Moscow, Russian forces “thwarted the attempts of the enemy’s mobile groups to get to the depth of the Russian territory near Ivashkovskoye, Malaya Loknya, and Olgovka.” Olgovka is 30 km to the northwest of Sudzha, which is an indication of how deeply Ukrainian forces have penetrated into the Kursk region – and of the fact that the Ukrainians have not yet been driven back across the border. “Fire damage was inflicted on the AFU manpower and hardware near Nikolayevo-Daryino, Gusevo, Lyubimovka, Zeleniy Shliyakh, and Sverdlikovo,” the update adds. These places appear to be villages within 10-15 km of Sudzha.
Over the previous 24 hours, it says, Ukrainian losses have amounted to 175 troops and 36 pieces of hardware, including among other things, 10 tanks. Since Aug. 6, the ministry claims, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 1,120 Ukrainian troops.
But the Russians seem to be taking their hits, too. Reports were circulating yesterday—such as this one from Avia.pro, naming Russian military correspondent Alexander Kotenok as the source—that a serious attack hit a Russian military convoy in the Rylsky district of the Kursk region, which was carried out using HIMARS missile systems. According to him, Ukrainian forces attacked the convoy at night, which led to significant consequences, captured on video distributed on social networks. The exact number of dead and injured is not known, but the consequences are said to be very serious.
