MOSCOW. Oct 30 (Interfax) - Russia's northern group of forces has repelled eight counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk sector in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"The group's units repelled eight enemy counterattacks on Daryino, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nizhny Klin, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 70 troops killed and wounded, as well as a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, six other armored fighting vehicles, and three automobiles, it said.
Russian units advanced and caused damage to units of the 22nd, 41st, and 115th Mechanized Brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd and 95th Air Assault Brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, and 103rd, 112th, and 129th Territorial Defense Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Daryino, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nizhny Klin, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo, it said.
"Army aircraft and artillery fire inflicted damage on concentrations of personnel and hardware of the 21st, 41st, 47th, and 61st Mechanized Brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault Brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 1st Special Task Brigade, 103rd, 112th, and 129th Territorial Defense Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 17th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine near Aleksandriya, Cherhasskoye Porechnoye, Daryino, Guyevo, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Mikhailovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Viktorovka, and Yuzhny," it said.
Russian tactical aircraft and missile forces also struck stationing sites and reserves of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 61st, and 115th Mechanized Brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and 129th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the 1st National Guard Brigade of Ukraine, near Basovka, Belovody, Khoten, Loknya, Obody, Pavlovka, and Zhuravka in the Sumy region, it said.