02:54Mandatory credit: Russian Defence Ministry
Russian troops from the Sever Group of Forces described how they had stopped the advance of a Ukrainian convoy in the Kursk region, following the incursion by Kiev which began earlier this month.
Footage published on Tuesday shows burnt and damaged armoured vehicles.
"As soon as we entered [the area], my company took positions in the settlement, the designated area. The task was to prevent the enemy’s breakthrough, the advance of their convoy, because before that the convoy had been moving through this settlement," said the commander, known by his call sign 'Byk'.
The Defence Ministry stated that servicemen destroyed "nine units of AFU hardware, including one Stryker, one Kozak, and one HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles". In addition, "two Stryker armoured personnel carriers, one Canadian-made Roshel SARV armoured fighting vehicle [and] one Cougar mine-resistant vehicle" were captured.
The Ukrainian side had not commented at time of publication.Kiev's forces entered Kursk on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 120,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
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.
'Task was to prevent the enemy’s breakthrough' - Russian Armed Forces halt advance of AFU convoy in Kursk region
Russian troops from the Sever Group of Forces described how they had stopped the advance of a Ukrainian convoy in the Kursk region, following the incursion by Kiev which began earlier this month.
Footage published on Tuesday shows burnt and damaged armoured vehicles.
"As soon as we entered [the area], my company took positions in the settlement, the designated area. The task was to prevent the enemy’s breakthrough, the advance of their convoy, because before that the convoy had been moving through this settlement," said the commander, known by his call sign 'Byk'.
The Defence Ministry stated that servicemen destroyed "nine units of AFU hardware, including one Stryker, one Kozak, and one HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles". In addition, "two Stryker armoured personnel carriers, one Canadian-made Roshel SARV armoured fighting vehicle [and] one Cougar mine-resistant vehicle" were captured.
The Ukrainian side had not commented at time of publication.Kiev's forces entered Kursk on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 120,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
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
Russian troops from the Sever Group of Forces described how they had stopped the advance of a Ukrainian convoy in the Kursk region, following the incursion by Kiev which began earlier this month.
Footage published on Tuesday shows burnt and damaged armoured vehicles.
"As soon as we entered [the area], my company took positions in the settlement, the designated area. The task was to prevent the enemy’s breakthrough, the advance of their convoy, because before that the convoy had been moving through this settlement," said the commander, known by his call sign 'Byk'.
The Defence Ministry stated that servicemen destroyed "nine units of AFU hardware, including one Stryker, one Kozak, and one HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles". In addition, "two Stryker armoured personnel carriers, one Canadian-made Roshel SARV armoured fighting vehicle [and] one Cougar mine-resistant vehicle" were captured.
The Ukrainian side had not commented at time of publication.Kiev's forces entered Kursk on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 120,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
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.