"Over the past day, the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 300 servicepeople, 10 armored vehicles were destroyed, including seven tanks with two of them being Germany-made Leopards, an infantry fighting vehicle and two combat armored vehicles, as well as a UK-made AS-90 self-propelled artillery unit, two mortars and 11 vehicles. Eight Ukrainian soldiers surrendered," the statement read.
Overall, Kiev has lost over 22,600 soldiers and 157 tanks since the Ukrainian troops invaded the western Kursk Region in early August, the Russian ministry estimated.
Over the past day, Russia's Battlegroup Sever repelled five counterattacks by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk border area and stopped the Ukrainian armed forces from penetrating the border towards Novy Put settlement, the ministry said. Ukraine lost up to 80 troops.