How is the defeat of the Armed Forces formations in the Kursk region going — The Russian Ministry of Defense

The Russian Armed Forces continue to defeat the Armed Forces formations in the territory of the Kursk region, according to the summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation as of March 16.

"During the offensive, units of the North group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, two airborne assault brigades, two territorial defense brigades and an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Gogolevka, Gornal, Guevo and Oleshnya," the military department said.

It is emphasized that the strikes of operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Gogolevka, Gornal, Guevo Zapselye, Loknya and Oleshnya, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Miropole, Novaya Sich, New, Obody, Yunakovka and Yablonovka Sumy region.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost: more than 67,850 military personnel, 394 tanks, 317 infantry fighting vehicles, 285 armored personnel carriers, 2,200 armored combat vehicles, 2,442 vehicles, 558 artillery pieces, 52 multiple rocket launchers, including 13 HIMARS and seven MLRS manufactured in the USA, 26 launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, an anti-aircraft self-propelled gun, ten transport-loading vehicles, 120 electronic warfare stations, 16 counter-battery radars, ten air defense radars. And also — 56 units of engineering and other equipment, including 23 engineering barrage vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearance installation, five bridge-laying machines, an engineering reconnaissance vehicle, as well as 15 armored repair and evacuation vehicles and a command and staff vehicle.

"The operation to destroy the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues," the Russian Defense Ministry said.