A Ukrainian Challenger tank modified to protest it from Russian drones<\/p>\n
The cordon tightens around the Ukrainian invasion force as the Russian Army\u2019s Air Force, artillery and drones destroy more than 220 armored vehicles with Kiev\u2019s casualties now exceeding 2,000 men.<\/strong><\/p>\n The situation begins to stabilize gradually with Russian forces attempting to cut off and encircle the Ukrainian invasion force.<\/p>\n Watch video of the destruction of the Ukrainian phalanx<\/a><\/p>\n The upper hand, slowly and steadily, appears to be being gained by Russian forces in the areas invaded last week by Ukrainian and Western well-trained commandos.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201d\u00a0There is no stable front line in the Kursk region: the enemy is trying to gain territory in some areas, but Ukrainian troops have been successfully blocked\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0,\u201d an official close to the governor of the Russian Kursk province announced.<\/p>\n And he added:<\/p>\n \u201cThe situation remains difficult but controlled and manageable. Individual groups of enemy troops are destroyed and fighting continues in several areas.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ukraine has lost up to 420 soldiers and 55 armored vehicles in the past 24 hours in the Kursk region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n The Russian Ministry of Defense added that Ukraine\u2019s total losses in that area amounted to 2,030 soldiers, 35 tanks, more than 220 other armored vehicles and four air defense systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier today the Commander of the special forces of the \u201cAkhmat\u201d unit, Apty Alaudinov, announced that most of the first echelon of Ukrainian troops and resources that entered the Kursk province of Russia last week have been destroyed and the situation has been brought under control.<\/p>\n The Russian military confirmed that it had thwarted \u201cinfiltration attempts by \u2026 mobile armored units\u201d of the enemy near the communities of Tolpino, Zhuravli and Obchichi Kolodez, which are located 30 kilometers from Ukraine.<\/p>\n According to this source, these advances have been halted, in the last 24 hours, by air force, drone and artillery strikes and the deployment of reservists of the \u201cNorth\u201d group, which has been deployed in the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv.<\/p>\n In addition, the Russian military reported striking Ukrainian troops with missiles and artillery near the communities of Sunja, Korenevo, Staragia Sorochitsa and Borki, as well as preventing an infiltration into the Belovsky district further east.<\/p>\n