MOSCOW, November 20. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 400 troops in the Kursk area over the past day, with eleven Ukrainian servicemen surrendering as prisoners of war (POW), the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

In total, the enemy has lost more than 34,390 troops since the fighting began in the region.

The Russian Armed Forces have completed the destruction of a Ukrainian battlegroup blocked in the area of the Olgovskaya wood.

TASS has gathered the key news about the unfolding situation.

Operation to neutralize Ukrainian forces

- Units of Russia’s Battlegroup North defeated Ukrainian armed formations in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Daryino, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka and Sverdlikovo.

- Russian troops have completed the destruction of a Ukrainian battlegroup blocked near the Olgovskaya wood.

- Russian operational/tactical and army 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 400 troops, six infantry fighting vehicles, including a German-made Marder, four armored personnel carriers, including an M113 of US manufacture, a Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, a British-made AS-90 self-propelled artillery system, an electronic warfare station and 20 motor vehicles. Eleven Ukrainian soldiers surrendered as POWs.

- Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 34,390 troops, 215 tanks, 147 infantry fighting vehicles, 120 armored personnel carriers, 1,190 armored combat vehicles, 988 motor vehicles, 296 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, 68 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.