MoD Russia:
In this weekly report from the Russian Federation of the continuation of special military operation, the armed forces of Ukraine had loses of 16,810 soldiers with 53 surrendered to the Russian forces.

▫️From 14 to 20 September 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have carried out 27 group strikes with precision-guided weapons and strike drones, as a result of which the following have been hit: power facilities that supported the work of enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry, airbases infrastructure, UAV depots and flight preparation areas.

Moreover, the Russian forces engaged ammunition and logistic depots, repair bases of armament, trains transporting foreign-made armament, temporary deployment areas of the AFU, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.

▫️ Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued the operation to eliminate the AFU formations in Kursk region.
In the course of offensive operations, the Sever Group of Forces liberated Uspenovka and Borki.

Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery strikes hit manpower and materiel of three mechanised brigades, a tank brigade, two air assault brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades. Moreover, Russian troops disrupted enemy's attempts to counterattack and deploy reserves.

▫️In Volchansk and Liptsy direction, damage was inflicted on a motorised infantry brigade, a marine brigade, and three territorial defence brigades.

Over the past week, the AFU losses in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces amounted to up to 3,510 troops, 18 tanks, including a Leopard tank, 117 armoured fighting vehicles, 66 motor vehicles, a U.S.-made MLRS multiple launch rocket system, and 34 field artillery guns. Four electronic warfare stations were eliminated.

▫️Over the past week, the Zapad Group of Forces continued to advance into the enemy's defence, inflected damage on formations of six mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, and the Azov Special Forces Brigade. Twenty four counter-attacks of AFU assault detachments were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,745 troops, a tank, ten armoured fighting vehicles, including a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and 60 motor vehicles. In addition, 40 field artillery guns were eliminated, 19 pieces of 155 mm howitzers and self-propelled systems were provided to the AFU by Western countries, 16 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, and 22 field ammunition depots.

▫️ As a result of active actions, the Yug Group of Forces liberated Zhelannoye Pervoye and Georgieyvka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, two infantry brigades, a mountain assault brigade, two air assault brigades, and three airmobile brigades of the AFU. In addition, 14 counter-attacks of enemy assault groups were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 4,855 troops, a tank, two German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 52 motor vehicles, and 34 field artillery guns, 17 of them manufactured by NATO countries. Four electronic and counter-battery radars as well as 11 field ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. The Russian troops inflicted fire damage on a tank brigade, six mechanised brigades, two infantry brigades, two jaeger brigades, an air assault brigade of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, a national guard brigade, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine. The Russian Armed Forces repelled 58 counter-attacks of hostile assault detachments.

Over the past week, Ukrainian units suffered losses of up to 3,610 troops, a tank, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, including a German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 21 motor vehicles, and 29 field artillery guns.

▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The servicemen hit clusters of manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, a motorised infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.

Eleven counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled. The enemy lost up to 735 troops, two tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 16 motor vehicles, and seven field artillery guns.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of an AFU infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two marine brigades, and four territorial defence brigades.

The AFU lost up to 355 troops, two tanks, 27 motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️The Aerospace Forces downed two Su-27 and a MiG-29 fighter jets of the Ukrainian Air Force.

▫️Air defence units shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, seven U.S.-made ATACMS operational missiles, 12 French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 42 U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, and 305 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles 153 of them outside the special military operation zone.

▫️ Over the past week, 53 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.

▫️In total, 646 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 31,806 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 air defence missile systems, 18,303 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,457 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 14,903 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 26,289 units of support military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.