Ukrainian soldiers eliminate 15 Russian battalions since Kursk operation
Photo: paratroopers eliminated 15 Russian battalions in the Kursk region (Getty Images)
Since the start of the operation in the Kursk region, Ukrainian soldiers have inflicted almost 8,000 Russian casualties. This is equal to 15 battalions of Russian troops, according to the Command of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, sanitary and irreversible losses among Russian troops in the Kursk region amounted to 7,980. The Ukrainian paratroopers captured nearly 300 Russian servicemen and seized 9 tanks, 4 armored personnel carriers, 9 guns, 6 mortars, and more.
In addition, Ukrainian paratroopers destroyed and damaged:
- 58 tanks,
- 208 armored personnel vehicles;
- 136 artillery systems,
- 2 multiple-launch rocket systems,
- 592 vehicles,
- 46 electronic warfare stations and other special equipment.
Three helicopters were destroyed in the air - two combat Ka-52s and a Mi-8, as well as 111 drones of various types, 34 attack drones (Shahed, Lancet) and one reconnaissance and strike UAV Orion.
Kursk operation
The Ukrainian Defense Forces launched an operation in the Kursk region in early August. The Ukrainian defenders took control of dozens of settlements. Recently, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the creation of a buffer zone near the border with Russia.
Russian troops are trying to push Ukrainian forces out. To this end, North Korean troops have been deployed to the Kursk region, but they have not yet been involved in combat.
According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine could have seized the Kursk nuclear power plant but did not want to do so.
