MOSCOW, January 1. /TASS/. The Ukrainian army has lost over 46,460 troops in the Kursk area, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"Since the start of fighting in the Kursk area, the enemy has lost more than 46,460 troops, 262 tanks, 204 infantry fighting vehicles, 143 armored personnel carriers, 1,381 armored combat vehicles, 1,280 motor vehicles, 337 artillery pieces, and 42 multiple launch rocket systems, including eleven US-made HIMARS launchers and six MLRS launchers, as well as 13 missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 83 electronic warfare systems, 13 counterbattery radars, and four air defense radars, along with 28 pieces of engineering equipment, including 13 counter-obstacle vehicles and a UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, as well as seven armored repair and recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle," the statement reads.
As to the the past day, Ukrainian army lost over 480 troops in the region.
"The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 480 troops in the past day. Nine armored combat vehicles and 21 motor vehicles were destroyed," the statement reads.
The Russian Defense Ministry also added that Russian forces repelled six counterattacks by Ukrainian assault teams in the Kursk Region in the past day.
"The Russian Armed Forces continue their operation to wipe out Ukrainian troops in the Kursk Region. Units of Battlegroup North carried out offensive operations, defeating the forces of a heavy mechanized brigade, six mechanized brigades, three air assault brigade, a marine brigade and two territorial defense brigades near Daryino, Zamostye, Kurilovka, Leonidovo, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. Six counterattacks by Ukrainian assault teams were repelled," the statement reads.