MOSCOW. Sept 2 (Interfax) - Ukrainian forces have lost nearly 9,000 troops in the Kursk region to date, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
"Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk region, the enemy has lost over 8,900 troops, 80 tanks, 38 infantry vehicles, 70 armored personnel carriers, 549 armored combat vehicles, 261 trucks, 65 artillery systems, 19 multiple rocket launchers, including six HIMARS and two MLRS, seven air defense missile launchers, two transporter-loaders, 14 electronic countermeasures stations, seven counterbattery radars, one air defense radar, and six engineering vehicles including two combat engineer vehicles and one UR-77 demining vehicle," the statement said.
Ukrainian forces lost over 350 troops, three HIMARS launchers, three Buk-M1 launchers, and other hardware in the past 24 hours, it said.