““During the operation, the Ukrainian forces were captured by 909 Russian military””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The operation forced the Russian invaders to transfer considerable resources to the Kursk region, weakening their position in other areas of the front. Russia was also forced to ask for help in North Korea, which directed 12,000 of its servicemen in Kurshchyna. The total loss of the DPRK contingent amounted to about 4 thousand people. Of the three conditional North Korean brigades, one was actually destroyed, two lost their capacity. Therefore, the units from the DPRK are currently removed from the front line, ”the message reads.
According to the headquarters, the total losses of Russian troops in Kurshchyna in living force are about 39,900 people, of which about 16 100 were killed.
The General Staff also provides such data on the loss of Russian army equipment in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation:
- 131 tank,
- 689 combat armored vehicles,
- 386 artillery systems,
- 12 units of RSZV,
- 12 aircraft,
- 1 plane,
- 3 helicopters,
- 931 Unmanned aircraft of operative-tactical level,
- 1164 units of automotive equipment,
- 34 units of special equipment.
“During the operation, the Ukrainian forces were captured by 909 Russian military, substantially replenishing the exchange fund. This allowed to return home hundreds of Ukrainian defenders who were in Russian prisons, ”the message reads.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an operation in the Kursk region on August 6 last year, occupying more than 1 thousand square kilometers.
In November 2024, the Reuters agency, citing a high -ranking Ukrainian military source, which operates in the General Staff of Ukraine, reported that Ukraine lost more than 40% of the territory in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation through Russian counterattacks, which it seized during the fighting in August.
The other day, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky called an operation among the priorities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region and the defeat of military objects deep into Russia.