In total, during the fighting on the Kursk line of operations, the enemy also lost 133 tanks, 65 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armored personnel carriers and 856 combat vehicles, 562 vehicles, 150 artillery pieces, 33 multiple rocket launchers, according to the communiqué of the military body.

In the last day, the note said, Ukrainian forces lost more than 350 soldiers, eight armored vehicles, one armored personnel carrier and six armored combat vehicles, as well as four pieces of artillery, one anti-aircraft gun and one missile system.

“The operation to destroy the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is continuing” the report adds.

Last August 6 Ukrainian troops launched an armed incursion into the Kursk oblast and occupied several areas, which led to the displacement of more than 130 thousand civilians by the 22nd. Since August 9, the region has been experiencing a federal-level emergency situation.

President Vladimir Putin, promised “a dignified response” to Kiev’s provocation, which he accused of indiscriminate firing on civilian facilities, and reaffirmed that Russia will achieve all the objectives of its special military operation in Ukraine.

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