٠٠:٠١:٢٣Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
D-30 howitzer crews of Russia’s Sever group of forces were seen conducting combat operations against the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) units in the border area of the Kursk region.
Footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on Monday shows artillerymen aiming a gun and firing at a target.
The ministry claimed that Russia’s troops "destroy[ed] infantry, armoured vehicles, artillery and mortar crews, as well as the AFU fortified positions on a daily basis."
"The work of the artillery crew takes place in close co-operation with unmanned aerial aviation calculations. Firing is carried out at a range of up to 15 kilometres using high-explosive incendiary," the defence ministry statement read.
The battery commander, known by call sign 'Agvan', discussed the morale of the servicemen.
"Everyone is in a combative mood, everyone is working. In general, we were preparing for this kind of work. It is clear that there are difficulties, but we calmly cope with them and work," he said.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'.
The Kursk region's acting government reported that 12 people had been killed and 121 wounded, including ten children. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
The date and location of the footage published by the Russian Defence Ministry cannot be independently verified.
Battle for Kursk - Russia's D-30 howitzer artillery crews on manoeuvres in border region following Ukraine incursion
D-30 howitzer crews of Russia’s Sever group of forces were seen conducting combat operations against the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) units in the border area of the Kursk region.
Footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on Monday shows artillerymen aiming a gun and firing at a target.
The ministry claimed that Russia’s troops "destroy[ed] infantry, armoured vehicles, artillery and mortar crews, as well as the AFU fortified positions on a daily basis."
"The work of the artillery crew takes place in close co-operation with unmanned aerial aviation calculations. Firing is carried out at a range of up to 15 kilometres using high-explosive incendiary," the defence ministry statement read.
The battery commander, known by call sign 'Agvan', discussed the morale of the servicemen.
"Everyone is in a combative mood, everyone is working. In general, we were preparing for this kind of work. It is clear that there are difficulties, but we calmly cope with them and work," he said.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'.
The Kursk region's acting government reported that 12 people had been killed and 121 wounded, including ten children. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
The date and location of the footage published by the Russian Defence Ministry cannot be independently verified.
Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
D-30 howitzer crews of Russia’s Sever group of forces were seen conducting combat operations against the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) units in the border area of the Kursk region.
Footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on Monday shows artillerymen aiming a gun and firing at a target.
The ministry claimed that Russia’s troops "destroy[ed] infantry, armoured vehicles, artillery and mortar crews, as well as the AFU fortified positions on a daily basis."
"The work of the artillery crew takes place in close co-operation with unmanned aerial aviation calculations. Firing is carried out at a range of up to 15 kilometres using high-explosive incendiary," the defence ministry statement read.
The battery commander, known by call sign 'Agvan', discussed the morale of the servicemen.
"Everyone is in a combative mood, everyone is working. In general, we were preparing for this kind of work. It is clear that there are difficulties, but we calmly cope with them and work," he said.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'.
The Kursk region's acting government reported that 12 people had been killed and 121 wounded, including ten children. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
The date and location of the footage published by the Russian Defence Ministry cannot be independently verified.