MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 200 troops in the Kursk area over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
In total, the enemy losses have amounted to more than 39,460 troops since the fighting began in the region.
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 settlements of Viktorovka, Guyevo, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochino, Novoivanovka and Sverdlikovo.
- 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, Ukraine lost more than 200 troops, two tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, two motor vehicles and three mortars.
- Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 39,460 troops, 234 tanks, 171 infantry fighting vehicles, 123 armored personnel carriers, 1,241 armored combat vehicles, 1,100 motor vehicles, 308 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, 72 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.