MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. The Ukrainian army has lost more than 57,655 troops since its incursion into Russia’s borderline Kursk Region, including some 205 personnel over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.
"During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army lost roughly 205 personnel, three tanks, an armored personnel carrier, 15 armored combat vehicles and 17 motor vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry’s report also stated that Russia’s Battlegroup North delivered strikes against 16 Ukrainian military brigades in the country’s Kursk area over the reported 24-hour time.
"Over the past 24-hour period, Battlegroup North units struck formations of the enemy’s heavy mechanized brigade, six mechanized and three air assault brigades, a marine infantry brigade, four territorial defense brigades and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zazulevka, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Oleshnya, Pogrebki, Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye and Yuzhny," the ministry stated.
The Russian Defense Ministry’s report also stated: "Over the period of fighting in the Kursk frontline area, the enemy has lost more than 57,860 troops, 337 tanks, 244 infantry fighting vehicles, 194 armored personnel carriers 1,759 armored combat vehicles, 1,844 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."
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.