Sputnik quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying on November 9 that Russian units in the border area of Kursk province destroyed more than 300 Ukrainian gunmen, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 1 armored fighting vehicle as well as 6 mortars and 2 electronic warfare stations during the day.
On the same day, the Russian army also repelled 7 counterattacks by Ukrainian troops in Kursk province.
The group units repelled 7 Ukrainian counterattacks in the direction of the settlements of Daryno, Novaya Sorochina and Novoivanovka, and blocked attacks in the direction of the settlements of Zeleny Shlyakh and Staraya Sorochina. 60 people were killed and injured, 2 infantry fighting vehicles and 1 armored fighting vehicle, 1 car were destroyed" - the Russian Defense Ministry said in a summary of the process of repelling the Ukrainian army's efforts to penetrate the territory of the Russian Federation in Kursk.
The units of the "North" group continued their operations against 10 Ukrainian brigades in the areas of Daryno, Leonidovo, Nikolaevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka and Plekhovo.
In total, in the battles over the Kursk region since the beginning of August, Ukraine has lost more than 30,800 soldiers, 189 tanks, 123 infantry fighting vehicles, 107 armored personnel carriers, 1,095 armored fighting vehicles, 833 cars, 262 artillery pieces, 40 launchers of missile systems, including 11 HIMARS and 6 MLRS manufactured in the US, 11 anti-aircraft missile launchers, 7 transport vehicles, 61 electronic warfare stations, 12 anti-aircraft radars, 4 anti-aircraft radars, 26 technical equipment, including 13 destroyers, 1 UR-77 mine-breaking vehicles, as well as 5 repair and recovery vehicles for armored vehicles, 1 command and control vehicle.
