The Russian Defense Ministry said SU-25 fighter jets attacked Ukrainian strongholds and troops in the area under the responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup East.
According to Tass, on August 7, the Russian Defense Ministry said that SU-25 fighter jets attacked Ukrainian strongholds and soldiers in the area under the responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup East.
“The crew of the SU-25 aircraft carried out an unguided missile strike on enemy strongholds and military forces in the area of responsibility of the Eastern Battle Group. All targets were hit,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that special equipment and enemy troops were destroyed.
According to THX, the Russian Defense Ministry said on the same day that Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale attack on defensive positions in Russia's Kursk region at 8 a.m. local time.
On its Telegram channel, the Russian Defense Ministry said that about 300 soldiers of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine, supported by 11 tanks and more than 20 armored fighting vehicles, attacked Russian border defense positions near the settlements of Nikolaevo-Daryino and Oleshnya.
Russian border defense units and border guards of the Federal Security Service repelled attacks and returned heavy fire on Ukrainian forces at the border and in the Sumy region.
The acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexey Smirnov, confirmed that 18 people were injured in the attacks.
TB (according to Vietnam+)