Russia lost over 20,000 sdiers in Kursk region – Syrskyi

Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces eksandr Syrskyi announced this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, in May 2024, intelligence confirmed the enemy's plan to attack the Sumy region from the Kursk region to create a "buffer zone" in northern Ukraine, which was supposed to be a continuation of the Russian eration on the Kharkiv axis. Therefore, a decision was made to conduct an offensive eration and transfer hostilities to the territory of the enemy in the Kursk region.

"Russian occupiers wanted to seize more territory in northern Ukraine in the Sumy region. However, the Ukrainian Defense Forces took a preventive step and are continuing to destroy the enemy on his territory," Syrskyi said.

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According to him, the enemy lost 20,842 sdiers for almost three months of Ukraine's eration in the Kursk region as of November 5, including 7,905 sdiers killed, 12,220 wounded, and 717 captured.

In addition, during the same period, Ukrainian forces destroyed 1,101 pieces of the enemy's weapons and military equipment, including 54 tanks, 276 armored fighting vehicles, 107 guns and mortars, five multiple rocket launchers, and 659 vehicles.

Syrskyi noted that about 2,000 Ukrainian sdiers had been presented with state awards for their heroism and successful actions during the Kursk eration.

"Now Russia wants Ukrainian tros to withdraw from this territory. The enemy has concentrated about 45,000 tros there. And it is trying to increase their number. Russia's own tros are not enough for this axis, so they are trying to engage tros from North Korea there," he said.

Ukraine's eration in Russia's Kursk region began on August 6. On August 15, Ukraine announced the creation of a military commandant's office in the Ukrainian-contrled territories of the Kursk region.