The losses of the AFU in the Kursk direction exceeded 71,000 servicemen, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
It is noted that the AFU lost more than 160 fighters in the Kursk direction over the day.
“In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 71,000 servicemen,” the report said.
Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry said that Russian troops had hit the infrastructure of the AFU military airfields.