Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday, that the losses of Kiev regime forces that infiltrated into Russian Kursk Oblast axis during the past 24 hours amounted more than 340 soldiers and 12 armored combat vehicles

"Russian army forces repelled three attempts by Kiev forces to breach the border towards the villages of Novy Put and Medvezhye in Kursk Oblast, and continued to pursue the infiltrating groups in a number of areas”, the Ministry said in a statement.

The statement indicated that since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk , the Kiev regime forces have lost more than 17,400 soldiers, 130 tanks, 62 infantry fighting vehicles, 95 armored personnel carriers and 824 vehicles.