Around fifty soldiers were also injured.
War in Ukrainejour 1051.
This Sunday, January 5, the Ukrainians began a surprise counter-offensive in the Russian oblast of Koursk. A highly strategic region in which Ukraine had already made a breakthrough. And which would weigh with all its weight in the event of negotiations with Vladimir Poutine and the Russia.
In the meantime, both camps are insisting in the sector.
“Tanks, buggies, Lancets”…
This Thursday, the 47th Ukrainian mechanized brigade would have pushed back “a massive attack” Russian in Kursk. In any case, this is what the unit proclaims loud and clear on its Telegram account.
u26a1ufe0fUkraine’s 47th Brigade releases video of ‘massive’ Russian attack repelled in Kursk Oblast.
-Russia deployed “a huge number of soldiers,” with Ukrainian forces killing 45 troops and injuring 53, Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade claimed.https://t.co/w2jqUD6ZPn
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1877337647204430003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
According to the Ukrainians, the Russians deployed “a considerable number of soldiers” hence a significant number of victims (45 dead soldiers, 51 wounded) during an attack carried out in 6 successive waves, according to the Kyiv Independent account. Hence significant material damage: “Tanks, BMP-2s, BMDs, APCs (armored personnel carriers), buggies and Lancets – our soldiers and comrades burned Russian equipment worth tens of millions of dollars “.
Images published on the social network illustrate the remarks. But it is impossible to authenticate these sequences.