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Russia Eliminates Over 14,200 Ukrainian Soldiers During Operation in Kursk Region: MoD

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The situation in the Kursk region escalated on the morning of August 6 when Ukrainian military units, numbering up to a thousand troops, attacked and attempted to seize a portion of the region.
Ukraine has lost over 14,200 soldiers and 119 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Tuesday.
"Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 14,200 troops, 119 tanks, 45 infantry fighting vehicles, 91 armored personnel carriers, 743 armored fighting vehicles, 445 motor vehicles, 103 artillery guns," the ministry said in a statement.
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Over the past 24 hours, Kiev has lost up to 400 soldiers in battles in the Kursk Region, the ministry said.
"Over the past 24 hours, Battlegroup Sever foiled four enemy attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Olgovka, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka. As a result, the Ukrainian forces losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded, three armored fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles," the ministry added.
Meanwhile, the Russian forces repelled five attempts of the Ukrainian armed forces to cross the border in direction of Vesyoloye and Medvezhye settlements in the Kursk Region, the ministry said.
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