The Russian Ministry of Defense reported yesterday that Russian forces in the Kursk region “are in offensive in all directions. Despite the transfer of additional reserves, the enemy suffers heavy losses and retreats from the occupied areas.”
“A total of 63.2% (801 sq km) of the area originally occupied by the enemy (1,268 sq km) has been liberated in Kursk region,” the report continued. “In two weeks of January, during the offensive operation, the Sever Group of Forces has liberated four settlements: Aleksandriya, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, and Kruglenkoye.”
“In addition, a counter-attack launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Berdin was repelled,” it goes on. “The enemy resorted to the counter-attack to stop the Russian offensive in Kursk direction and get out of the blocking area.”
The Russians claim that Ukrainian casualties in Kursk in January alone have so far amounted to more than 5,600 troops while the number since the Kursk invasion began last August, is an astounding 52,450 troops.
