MOSCOW, February 9. /TASS/. Russian troops repelled three counterattacks in Kursk and continued their offensive, while the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 320 soldiers and five tanks in 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 320 soldiers, destroyed five tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, including one US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, three armored personnel carriers, 16 armored combat vehicles, 26 vehicles, four artillery pieces, two mortars, an Israeli-made RADA airspace control radar, as well as a UAV control center and two ammunition depots," the ministry said.

As the ministry noted, for the whole period of fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 58,870 servicemen, 355 tanks, 259 infantry fighting vehicles, 204 armored personnel carriers, 1,826 armored combat vehicles, 1,890 vehicles, 422 artillery pieces, 48 multiple launch rocket system launchers, including 13 HIMARS and six MLRS made in the United States, and 18 anti-aircraft missile system launchers.