During a raid in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, 613 Putin’s soldiers were killed - “Freedom of Russia” legion

Putin’s army is suffering heavy losses in manpower and equipment in the confrontation with Russian rebels in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. This was stated in the “Freedom of Russia” legion.

“Kremlin soldiers are demoralized by the mass deaths of their colleagues, who became senseless victims of Putin’s sick ambitions”– the message says.

As of the morning of March 18, the losses of Putin’s army in the Belgorod and Kursk regions were:

Personnel:
Permanent losses: 613 military personnel
Sanitary losses: 829 military personnel
Captured: 27 military personnel

Destroyed equipment:
7 tanks (including three T-72, one T-72BZ)
20 infantry fighting vehicles (including BMP-2, BMP-3)
6 howitzers D-30
4 armored personnel carriers
4 mortars
2 MT-12 “Rapier”
2 2S19 “Cities-S”
2 ZALA UAVs
1 BM 21 “Grad”
1 LNG
1 complex “Murom”
1 electronic warfare station
1 repeater
2 units of armored vehicles
2 units of engineering equipment (excavators)
57 units of various automotive equipment (heavy and light)

Disabled equipment:
1 T-80PVM tank
1 T-72 tank
1 BMP
1 BM 21 “Grad”
2 MT-LB
1 Msta-B
1 TOS-2
1 BM 21 “Grad”
1 2С1 “Carnation”
1 electronic warfare station
1 armored vehicle
20 units of various automotive equipment (heavy and light)

Also, personnel concentration areas, ammunition depots, dugouts, towers with antenna complexes, fortifications, CCTV cameras, a cellular communication station, and a bridge in the village were also destroyed or damaged. Gorkovsky, etc. But the greatest damage was suffered by Putin’s image as a figure who can supposedly keep the situation in the country under control.”– the rebels said in a statement.

According to the governor of the Belgorod region of Russia, Vyacheslav Gladkov, air defense in the region was activated on March 18 to repel an air attack. In Belgorod, various damages were found in 11 private residential buildings, 3 apartments, 3 apartment buildings, 7 business entities and 37 cars and one passenger bus, 3 outbuildings, 2 enterprises and 1 garage. Various damages were also found in the village of Oktyabrsky. In 5 private households, roofs, facades and fences were covered, windows were broken, and 1 utility structure was damaged. In the village of Smart, damage was found in 4 private households. Currently, damage has been recorded in 7 vehicles.

Earlier, the rebels reported taking control of several unsettled areas in the Belgorod and Kursk regions, and also called for the evacuation of the population of areas where fighting is taking place.