MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. The Ukrainian army has lost more than 57,655 troops since its incursion into Russia’s borderline Kursk Region, including some 325 personnel over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
"During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army lost roughly 325 personnel, three tanks, an armored personnel carrier, 36 armored combat vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, three field artillery guns and two mortars," the ministry said in a statement.
Over the period of fighting in the Kursk frontline area, the enemy has lost more than 57,655 troops, 334 tanks, 244 infantry fighting vehicles, 193 armored personnel carriers 1,744 armored combat vehicles, 1,827 motor vehicles, 409 artillery weapons, 45 multiple rocket launchers, including 13 HIMARS and six MLRS of US manufacture, 17 surface-to-air missile launchers and eight transporter-loader vehicles, according to the statement.
In addition, the Ukrainian armed forces also lost 106 electronic warfare stations, 15 counterbattery radars, five air defense radars, 33 engineering and other vehicles, including 14 obstacle removing vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, nine armored repair/recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle, the ministry specified.
Moreover, the ministry continued, Battlegroup North units struck formations of six mechanized and three air assault brigades, a marine infantry brigade, four territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian army and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya,
Russia’s operational/tactical aircraft and artillery also inflicted losses on enemy’s manpower and equipment near the settlements of Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Zhuravka, Ivolzhanskoye, Iskriskovshchina, Mirlogi, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, Stetskovka, Yunakovka and Yablonovka in the Sumy area, the ministry added.