Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (13 November 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces engaged formations of 113th, 120th territorial defence brigades, and 5th border detachment of the Ukrainian border police near Udy, Vilcha, Krasnokutsk, Odnorobovka, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 troops, three motor vehicles, and two 122-mm D-30 howitzers. One UAV workshop was destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 28th, 43rd, 63rd mechanised brigades of the AFU and 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novoplatonovka, Zagryzovo, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region) as well as Serebryansky forestry.
Seven counter-attacks of AFU 14th, 53rd mechanised brigades, and 77th Airmobile Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 500 troops, three tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, a 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two Anklav-N and Kvertus electronic warfare stations. Five ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, hit 33rd, 54th, 56th, 81st mechanised brigades, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Yantarnoye, Druzhkovka, Dyleyevka, Reznikovka, Privolye, Minkovka, Kurakhovo, Dronovka, and Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 720 troops, two tanks, eight motor vehicles, a 152-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system and a 105-mm M119 gun made by the USA, four 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations. Two ammunition depots were wiped out.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths of the enemy’s defence, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 100th Mechanised Brigade, 5th Mountain Assault Brigade 142nd Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 101st Territorial Defence Brigade, 1st and 18th national guards brigades near Andreyevka, Dzerzhinsk, Shcherbinovka, Petrovka, Sukhoy Yar, and Dimitrov (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Russian units repelled ten counter-attacks of AFU 42nd, 117th mechanised brigades, 152nd Jaeger Brigade, 49th and 425th assault battalions, 35th Marine Brigade, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police.
The enemy lost over 480 troops, a tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, two 152-mm D-20 guns, a 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
The Vostok Group liberated Rovnopol (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Russian units hit 33rd Mechanised Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU, 113th and 129th territorial defence brigades near Velikaya Novoselka, Temirovka, Novodonetskoye and Zelyonoye Pole of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Two counter-attacks of the assault groups of 101st and 123rd territorial defence brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 troops, an armoured personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles, and a French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of 31st Mechanised Brigade of AFU, 124th, 126th, and 129th territorial defence brigades close to Pyatikhatki, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), Mikhaylovka, Antonovka, and Shlyakhovoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 troops, three motor vehicles, a 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and an Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, engergetic facilities used for the operation of enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 139 areas.
Air defence units shot down three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, a U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, and 85 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,707 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,188 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,487 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,805 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,216 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (13 November 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions and inflicted losses on formations of 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 103rd, 112th and 129th territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Daryino, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka.
The Group’s units repelled six enemy counter-attacks in the direction of Aleksandria, Nizhniy Klin, Novaya Sorochina, and Novoivanovka. The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 people killed and wounded, a tank, two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two M113 armoured personnel carriers, three Humvee armoured fighting vehicles, and a motor vehicle. One AFU serviceman surrendered.
Army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on 21st, 22nd, 47th, and 61st mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th air assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade as well as 103rd, 112th, 118th, and 129th territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 17th National Guard Brigade in the areas of Aleksandria, Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zamostye, Zeleny Shlyakh, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martrynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nizhni Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolskiy, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops have attacked concentration areas in the Sumy region and reserves of 41st and 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault brigade as well as 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 1st National Guard Brigade near Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Ivolzhanskoye, Pisevka, Khoten, Yunakovka, and Yablovka.
During the day, the AFU losses amounted to more than 450 troops, two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, including two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 33 armoured fighting vehicles as well as five artillery guns, including a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, four mortars, a French-made Crotale anti-aircraft missile system, and 49 motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 32,150 troops, 202 tanks, 134 infantry fighting vehicles, 112 armoured personnel carriers, 1,146 armoured fighting vehicles, 907 motor vehicles, 274 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 12 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 62 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.