Ukraine’s army loses over 350 troops in Kursk area over past day — Russia’s top brass
MOSCOW, September 11. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 350 servicemen and 13 armored vehicles, including three tanks, in the borderline Kursk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
"Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian army’s losses amounted to over 350 personnel and 13 armored vehicles, including three tanks, three armored personnel carriers, seven armored combat vehicles, as well as an artillery gun, two multiple rocket launch systems and 19 motor vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that over the period of combat operations in the Kursk area, the enemy has lost over 12,200 personnel, 96 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, 77 armored personnel carriers, 656 armored combat vehicles, 401 motor vehicles, 90 artillery guns, 26 multiple launch rocket systems, including seven HIMARS rocket launchers and five M270 MLRS, eight surface-to-air missile systems, two transporter-loader vehicles, 22 electronic warfare stations and seven counter-battery radar stations, two air-defense radar systems, eight engineering vehicles, among them two obstacle-clearing vehicles and one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle.
NBU eases currency restrictions to support country's defense capability
The National Bank has eased currency restrictions to support the country's defense capability.
This is stated in the message of the NBU, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Among the directions undergoing changes:
- purchase and transfer of foreign currency to cover carbon dioxide emissions. State-owned enterprises will be able to buy currency and transfer it to non-residents to purchase allowances to cover or offset carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions associated with aviation activities. This will contribute to the smoothness of defense purchases under state contracts, will make it possible to continue to carry out air transportation abroad, and will also support Ukrainian-European military-technical cooperation;
- payments for operations stipulated by the reinsurance contract concluded with foreign nuclear insurance pools. The changes provide an opportunity to make all necessary payments provided for by reinsurance contracts concluded with foreign nuclear insurance pools (in addition to reinsurance premiums or payments already allowed today). In particular, to pay a break-even bonus, which is a mandatory condition defined by the reinsurance contract. This mitigation will have a minor impact on international reserves and at the same time will allow the Nuclear Insurance Pool to fulfill obligations to partners, which is important for the smooth operation of the industry;
- purchase and transfer of foreign currency by resident legal entities that are subjects of electronic commerce for the payment of VAT in the EU. The National Bank of Ukraine will enable e-commerce entities to purchase and transfer foreign currency abroad to pay VAT on purchases of goods from Ukrainian manufacturers by consumers from EU countries. The condition for carrying out these operations is that the subject of electronic commerce must be registered as a taxpayer in the EU. Such easing will primarily support small and medium-sized businesses, which will be able to promote their own goods on the EU market thanks to trading platforms. At the same time, this will not have a negative impact on international reserves, because the inflow of foreign currency to Ukraine for sold goods will significantly exceed the additional demand for foreign currency for paying VAT in the EU;
- compensation of paid coupon payments for Eurobonds. In addition to the already existing opportunities introduced in May and July, the NBU will enable businesses to reimburse coupon payments for Eurobonds that were paid from February 24, 2022 to July 9, 2024 (inclusive). Such transfers are allowed only at the expense of the business's own foreign currency (not purchased and not raised in the form of a credit or loan from a resident), therefore, it will not have a negative impact on international reserves. These operations will be able to be carried out only by those enterprises that have no cases of incomplete currency supervision of operations on the export of goods during the 12 months preceding the date of the operation. This will stimulate businesses to timely return foreign exchange earnings to Ukraine for exporting goods.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, starting October 1, 2024, the National Bank temporarily, for six months, sets a limit of UAH 150,000 per month for card-to-card (also known as P2P, C2C) transfers of individuals.
Ukrainian troops captured: situation in Kursk Region
MOSCOW, September 10. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 380 military personnel and 15 pieces of hardware, including two tanks, in the Kursk Region over the day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Four enemy servicemen were captured.
In total, the enemy has lost over 11,800 servicemen since fighting began in the region.
TASS has gathered the key news about the unfolding situation.
Operation to neutralize Ukrainian forces
- Units of the battlegroup North, backed by army aviation and artillery fire, repelled three enemy attacks towards the settlements of Apanasovka, Kamyshevka, Maryevka and Cherkasskaya Konopelka.
- The Russian military also foiled Ukrainian attempts to attack the settlements of Borki, Krasnooktyabrskoye and Kremyanoye.
- Four Ukrainian servicemen were captured.
- Russian jets hit enemy troop concentrations in the Kursk Region, as well as foreign mercenaries’ deployment sites and Ukrainian reserves in 13 settlements of the Sumy Region.
- The operation to destroy Ukrainian formations continues.
Ukraine’s losses
- Over the day, Ukraine lost more than 380 servicemen and 15 armored vehicles, including two tanks, 13 armored fighting vehicles, as well as three artillery pieces and 11 vehicles.
- Since the beginning of hostilities in Russia’s borderline region, Ukraine’s losses have amounted to 11,800 servicemen, 93 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, 74 armored personnel carriers, 649 armored combat vehicles, 382 vehicles, 89 artillery pieces, 24 multiple rocket launchers, including seven HIMARS and five MLRS, eight anti-aircraft missile launchers, two reloading vehicles, 22 radar stations, seven counter-battery radars, two air defense radars, eight pieces of engineering equipment, including two engineering demolition vehicles and one UR-77 demining unit.
Shoigu's statements
- Moscow will not negotiate with Kiev until Ukrainian troops are "thrown out" of Russia, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu told the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
- He described Ukraine's aspiration to carry out "atomic terror" against the Kursk nuclear power plant as "the height of terrorism."
Aid to residents
- Injured people and those who lost their property in the Kursk Region will receive financial support of up to 150,000 rubles ($1,650), the region's acting governor Alexey Smirnov said on his Telegram channel.
- The overall amount of money from the government's reserve fund provided for aid to residents of the Kursk Region totals 19.3 billion rubles ($212 mln), First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov told the Vedomosti newspaper in an interview.
Abducted residents
- Ukrainian troops have been abducting men in the border areas of the Kursk Region and taking them to Ukraine. Security forces told TASS that the Ukrainian military were also stealing vehicles and food.
- A captured scout of the Ukrainian armed forces' 61st mechanized brigade, Vitaly Panchenko, who was caught while fighting the Russian military and civilians in the Sudzhansky District of the Kursk Region, told TASS that he did not know what happened to the civilians abducted near Sudzha.
Ukraine mourns dead from major Russian strike, vows response with underground weapons production
Ukrainian servicemen carry crosses and pictures of their comrades killed in a Russian rocket attack at a Ukrainian military academy, during their funeral ceremony in Poltava, Ukraine, Saturday Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)EVGENIY MALOLETKA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The funerals took place in the eastern Ukrainian city of Poltava for the victims of a Russian missile attack on a military training facility that left over 50 dead and more than 300 injured.
Hundreds of mourners, including grieving families, local residents, and officials, gathered at the Cathedral of the Assumption in the city, some 350 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Kyiv, for the solemn ceremony. Sobbing relatives, many holding red carnations, stood over caskets placed outside the church, draped in yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flags. An air raid siren sounded during the service.
Ukrainians in Sumy flee as Russia pummels city in response to Kursk offensive
Residents knelt in silent tribute as hearses carrying the victims passed by on their way to a military cemetery outside the city for burial.
Russia has intensified missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, targeting energy infrastructure across the country and causing deadly strikes in residential areas.
The attacks have underscored Moscow’s long-range capabilities as Ukraine braces for what will likely be another difficult winter as Russia continues to smash Ukraine’s power grid, knocking out some 70% of generation capacity and rupturing heat and water supplies.
The sound of explosions thundered over the Ukrainian capital overnight as multiple Russian attack drones were intercepted by the city’s air defenses. No injuries or serious damage were reported.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that 67 drones were launched over the country overnight, with air defenses active in 11 regions. Fifty-eight drones were shot down, with three more destroyed by electronic weapons systems, it said.
Debris from one drone was photographed on the street outside Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. Ukraine’s parliamentary press service confirmed that drone fragments had been found but said there were no casualties and no damage to the parliament building.
Elsewhere, a Russian artillery attack Saturday on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka killed four men and injured three other people, said Donetsk region Gov. Vadym Filashkin. He said the attack damaged a high-rise building and local power lines.
Late Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll from the Sept. 3 strike at the Military Institute of Communications in Poltava had risen to 55, with 328 people injured.
“Our people are under constant threat of Russian missile and drone strikes — every night and every day.”
Death toll from Russian strike on Ukraine’s Poltava up to 55
“We are setting up underground weapons production facilities so Ukrainian soldiers can defend themselves, even if supplies from our partners are delayed,” he said.
“We have developed new drones and missiles, and we are gradually bringing this war back to Russia. Eventually, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will feel the pressure to seek only one thing: peace.”
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also made a statement Saturday warning Iran against sending arms to Russia. It warned Tehran that if the reports were confirmed, it would have “devastating consequences” for Ukrainian-Iranian bilateral relations.
The United States has informed allies that it believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter. They’re not offering any details about how many weapons have been delivered or when the transfers may have occurred, but they’re confirming the U.S. intelligence finding. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a matter that hasn’t been disclosed publicly disclosed.
Kyiv has continued to launch its own strikes against Russia. In the Russian border region of Voronezh Saturday, Gov. Aleksandr Gusev said that a drone strike had sparked a fire and the detonation of “explosive objects.”
Writing on social media, he said that a state of emergency had been declared for the region’s Ostrogozhsky district and that several villages had been evacuated.
He did not provide the names of the villages affected and urged followers not to share photos or videos of the fire that could be geolocated.
Video posted on social media and verified by Reuters shows the scale of destruction after Russia struck a military institute in the central town of Poltava with missiles, killing dozens and wounding more than 200, Ukraine's first lady said.
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