MOSCOW, September 21. /TASS/. Ukrainian forces have lost more than 300 troops and nine units of armored hardware in the Kursk area in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian losses have amounted to over 300 troops and nine units of armored hardware, including an infantry fighting vehicle, two APCs, six armored combat vehicles, as well as six artillery guns, a US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher and an MLRS vehicle, an electronic warfare system, a mine-clearing vehicle, an armored recovery vehicle and seven motor vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry also added that since fighting began in the Kursk area Ukrainian forces have lost as many as 15,650 troops, 124 tanks and 121 artillery guns.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Russia’s borderline region, Ukraine’s losses have amounted to more than 15,650 troops, 124 tanks, 57 infantry fighting vehicles, 95 armored personnel carriers, 786 armored combat vehicles, 478 vehicles, 124 artillery pieces, 29 multiple rocket launchers, including eight HIMARS and six US-made MLRS," the ministry said in a statement.
Also, eight Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile launchers, five transport-loading vehicles, 30 electronic warfare radars, seven counter-battery radars, two air defense radars, 16 pieces of engineering equipment, including 10 engineering demolition vehicles and one UR-77 demining unit, have been wiped out.
Russian forces foil attempted Ukrainian counterattacks near two localities in Kursk region
Russian forces have foiled attempted Ukrainian counterattacks near Kamyshevka and Lyubimovka in the borderline region of Kursk, inflicting roughly 20 enemy casualties, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Also, a Ukrainian armored combat vehicle and two motor vehicles were wiped out, the ministry added.
Russia repels three Ukrainian attempts to break through border in Kursk region
Russian forces have repelled three Ukrainian attempts to break through the Russian border near Novy Put and Medvezhye in the Kursk Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
"Supported by army aviation and artillery fire, [Russian forces] have repulsed three Ukrainian attempts to break through the Russian border toward Novy Put and Medvezhye. The enemy has sustained roughly 20 casualties, losing an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, a mine-clearing vehicle, an armored recovery vehicle and two motor vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.
Russian air defenses shoot down three more missiles, drone over Kursk Region
Russian air defenses have shot down three more Ukrainian missiles and a fixed wing drone over the Kursk Region, Governor Alexey Smirnov has said on his Telegram channel.
"Three more Ukrainian missiles and a fixed wing UAV were shot down by air defense forces in the Kursk region this afternoon," he wrote.
Smirnov said earlier air defenses destroyed six Ukrainian missiles and one fixed wing UAV of the Ukrainian military on Saturday.