Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk direction, Kiev has lost more than 31,090 soldiers and 194 tanks, the statement said.
"Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 290 servicepeople, with five tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, seven armored combat vehicles, as well as three mortars, one electronic warfare station and 10 cars destroyed. Three servicepeople of the Ukrainian armed forces surrendered," the ministry said in a statement.