Russian tanks take up positions in Kursk Region (VIDEO)

The Defense Ministry in Moscow has published footage of Russian tanks taking up positions in Kursk Region amid an incursion into the border area by Ukrainian forces.

On Tuesday, Kiev launched its largest attack on Russian territory since the outbreak of the conflict between the neighboring states. The Russian military said on Wednesday that the advance was halted, but Ukrainian troops remain in some areas of Kursk Region and continue their attempts to move forward.

The Russian tank crews will “carry out combat missions to inflict fire damage on the equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian military in the border area of Kursk Region,” the ministry said in a post on Telegram on Saturday.

They have been deployed to “tank-hazardous” locations to take on mobile groups of Kiev’s forces, the post read. The crews are “fully prepared for combat operations and for attacking the enemy both with direct fire and from closed firing positions,” it added.

The Defense Ministry also published footage of Russian drone operators destroying a US-made MaxxPro armored fighting vehicle operated by the Ukrainian military in Kursk Region.

Another video titled ‘The Night Hunt’ shows Russian Su-24 jets striking Ukrainian troops with glide bombs.

Ukraine has lost up to 1,120 servicemen and 140 armored vehicles since the start of the incursion, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the cross-border attack as a “massive provocation” by Kiev, accusing Ukrainian troops of “indiscriminately firing various types of weapons, including missiles, at civilian facilities, residential buildings, and ambulances.”