Sputnik reported that on October 9, the Russian Ministry of National Defense said that the Russian Northern Army Group had liberated the settlements of Novaya Sorochina and Pokrovsk in Kursk province.
In addition, the Northern Group defeated formations of 10 Ukrainian brigades in the areas of Daryino, Lyubimovka, Novy Put and Plekhovo.
They also repelled two enemy attacks in the direction of the settlements of Lyubimovka and Plekhovo, which cost the Ukrainian armed forces up to 20 people killed and wounded.
The Russian Ministry of National Defense reported that over the past day, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in Kursk province amounted to about 100 soldiers.
In total, since the beginning of the fighting in Kursk (August 6, 2024) to date, the Ukrainian side has lost more than 21,350 servicemen, 136 tanks, 66 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armored personnel carriers, 891 armored fighting vehicles, 589 cars, 177 artillery pieces, 33 multiple launch vehicles of direct-fire missile systems, including 8 HIMARS and 6 MLRS made in the United States, 9 launchers of air defense missile systems, 5 transport vehicles, 45 electronic warfare stations, 9 counter-battery radars, 3 air defense radars, 22 engineering units and other equipment, including 13 technical clearance vehicles, one missile clearance device, as well as three armored repair and restoration vehicles.
The Russian Ministry of National Defense announced that the operation to destroy units of the Ukrainian armed forces continues.
Kiev launched an offensive into Russia's Kursk province in early August, capturing the town of Sudzha and several nearby villages.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the operation was part of a "victory plan" aimed at strengthening Kiev's hand in potential talks with Moscow.
The Ukrainian offensive on Kursk lost momentum within days and the situation became stalemate for weeks. Since mid-September, the Russian army has been counter-offensive and regained control of many towns and villages.
On October 9, the Russian Ministry of National Defense released a video of the combat crew of the Pantsir-S1 SAM anti-aircraft missile-gun complex controlling the airspace over Russian military positions in Kursk.
Pantsir S-1 SAM is an anti-aircraft missile-gun complex capable of destroying most aerial targets at short and medium ranges. This is considered a versatile weapon and one of Russia's most advanced close-range air defense systems.
This air defense complex includes automatic anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air missiles, along with radar or optical target tracking equipment and a radio command post.
The Pantsir S-1 SAM anti-aircraft missile-gun complex is used to protect important target areas, residential and military areas, mobile combat unit formations up to regimental size or other air defense complexes such as the S-300 or S-400.
The air targets that this complex can destroy are aircraft, helicopters, drones, cruise missiles and air-to-ground precision-guided weapons.
