The AFU has lost more than 150 more soldiers in the course of fighting in the Kursk region over the day. The total number of Ukrainian losses in this direction exceeded 30,200 soldiers, the Russian Defence Ministry reports.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Kursk region would be cleared of Ukrainian troops.
Retired SBU colonel Oleg Starikov admitted that the AFU would have to withdraw from the Kursk region.
For his part, former CIA chief Robert Gates described the AFU attack on Kursk Region as a strategic mistake by Kiev.
