RT reported that the Russian Ministry of National Defense said in its latest report on October 6 that the total number of Ukrainian casualties in the attack on Russia's Kursk province since it began (August 6, 2024) has exceeded 20,800.
The Russian army continued to counterattack and prevented more Ukrainian units from entering the area.
According to a report by the Russian Ministry of National Defense, the Ukrainian army has lost about 200 soldiers in the past 24 hours alone. Some Ukrainian military equipment was also destroyed, including an artillery system, three mortars and two vehicles, while one Ukrainian soldier surrendered.
The Russian Ministry of National Defense released a video of Ka-52M helicopters attacking Ukrainian tanks and soldiers in the Kursk border area. A forward air controller reported that enemy tanks and soldiers were destroyed.
According to the Russian Ministry of National Defense, since the beginning of the offensive in Kursk province, the total number of Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in the Russian border area has exceeded 20,800. Kiev has also lost more than 130 tanks, 66 infantry fighting vehicles and nearly 100 armored personnel carriers in the operation, according to Russian military estimates.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have also thwarted four Ukrainian counterattacks in the region and two attempts to penetrate Russian territory.
Ukrainian officials say the main goal of the offensive is to change public opinion in Russia and gain a better position for eventual peace talks with Moscow.
Ukrainian forces made some initial advances in early August but were quickly reined in. Russian forces have since gradually pushed the enemy out of the area, retaking more than a dozen settlements.
Moscow said it did not rule out the possibility of negotiations with Kiev, but negotiations could only begin after all Ukrainian troops left Russian territory.
Earlier this week, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) - Aleksandr Bortnikov - said that Ukraine's Kursk "raid" had failed, adding that the operation did not distract Moscow from its offensive in Donbass, where the Russian army has been making steady gains since February.
The Russian military regularly releases videos showing Ukrainian weapons, including heavy armored vehicles supplied by the West, being destroyed as Russian territory is retaken.
