MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces lost about 3,400 troops near the settlement of Krynki in the Kherson Region, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin.

"Since last summer to today, in actuality the enemy has lost almost 3,500, 3,400, people there. If we talk specifically about Krynki, this was supposed to be a major breakthrough site and four brigades of the enemy's 30th Marine Corps were concentrated there," Shoigu said.