MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 320 troops in the Kursk area over the past day, with six Ukrainian servicemen surrendering as prisoners of war (POW), the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
In total, the enemy has lost more than 33,990 troops since the fighting began in the region.
The Russian government has allocated some 5.9 billion rubles ($58.7 million) from its Reserve Fund to provide additional aid to the residents of the Kursk and Belgorod regions, who lost their basic necessities, as well as to compensate the spending of the families that were forced to leave their homes due to shelling by Ukraine.
TASS has gathered the key news about the unfolding situation.
Operation to neutralize Ukrainian forces
- Russia’s Battlegroup North defeated Ukrainian armed formations in the areas of the settlements of Daryino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Nizhny Klin and Novoivanovka.
- Russian tactical and operational/tactical aircraft, missile forces hit enemy manpower and equipment in the Kursk and Sumy regions.
- The operation to destroy Ukrainian forces is ongoing.
Ukraine’s losses
- Over the day, the enemy lost more than 320 troops, two tanks, including a German-made Leopard 2, one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of US manufacture, an armored personnel carrier, 15 armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, three self-propelled artillery systems and an electronic warfare station. Six Ukrainian soldiers surrendered as POWs.
- Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 33,990 troops, 215 tanks, 141 infantry fighting vehicles, 116 armored personnel carriers, 1,190 armored combat vehicles, 968 motor vehicles, 294 artillery pieces, 40 multiple rocket launchers, including 11 HIMARS and six MLRS of US manufacture, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport and loading vehicles, 67 electronic warfare stations, 13 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 27 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 counter-obstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, six armored repair and recovery vehicles, as well as a command and staff vehicle.
Aid to civilians
- The Russian government has allocated roughly 5.9 billion rubles ($58.7 million) from its Reserve Fund to provide additional aid to the residents of the Kursk and Belgorod Region, who lost their basic necessities, as well as to compensate the spending of the families that were forced to leave their homes due to shelling by Ukraine.
- According to the order signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, more than 3.9 billion rubles ($38.8 million) were allocated to helping the residents of the Kursk Region who lost their basic necessities.