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.

Russian forces have also foiled attempted Ukrainian counterattacks near Kamyshevka and Lyubimovka in the borderline region of Kursk, inflicting roughly 20 enemy casualties.

Also, a Ukrainian armored combat vehicle and two motor vehicles were wiped out, the ministry added.

Additionally, Russian warplanes have struck a concentration of Ukrainian troops and military hardware near 18 localities in the borderline region of Kursk and 14 settlements in Ukraine’s Sumy Region.

"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 added.

In total, Ukrainian forces have lost as many as 15,650 troops, 124 tanks and 121 artillery guns since fighting began in the Kursk area, the ministry said.

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.