““These fire damage, first of all, are inflicted in order to weaken the ability and desire of the Russian Federation to carry out terrorist acts against the Ukrainian civilian population””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“These fire damage, first of all, are inflicted in order to weaken the ability and desire of the Russian Federation to carry out terrorist acts against the Ukrainian civilian population,” the General Staff noted, adding that “all necessary measures were taken to minimize threats to the lives of the local civilian population “.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on this report.
The armed forces of Ukraine began an operation in the Kursk region on August 6, occupying more than 1,000 square kilometers. Then the Russian army, with the help of North Korean troops, was able to recapture part of the territory.
In November, the Reuters agency, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian military source who works in the General Staff of Ukraine, reported that due to Russian counterattacks, Ukraine had lost more than 40% of the territory in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, which it captured during hostilities in August. According to the source, Russia has deployed about 59,000 troops in the Kursk region.
Also, according to the USA, South Korea and Ukraine, 10,000 to 12,000 North Korean soldiers arrived in Russia in October. They were involved in the war on the side of Russia, units of the DPRK are used in the Kursk region. According to reports, they have already suffered losses.
As the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said on January 1, the total losses of the Russian army in Kurshchyna amounted to more than 38,000 personnel and more than a thousand pieces of equipment.
The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces added that during the operation in the Kursk region of Russia, the exchange fund was replenished by more than 700 Russian servicemen.
Russia and Ukraine give almost no information about their losses in the war. Moscow officially last named the number of people killed in September 2022 – then 5,937 people died.
The head of the Pentagon said on December 7 that Russia lost at least 700,000 soldiers during the large-scale war against Ukraine and spent more than 200 billion dollars on it.