The Russian army has lost more than 38,000 soldiers since Ukrainian forces launched a surprise breakthrough last summer in the Russian border region of Kursk. Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi,

Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied by daily combat losses and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk.

The Russian army has lost over 38,000 troops and more than 1,000 pieces of equipment since the beginning of Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Jan.

Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia's Kursk region and increased pressure in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine's top army commander said on Tuesday.

Overall, the Russian forces have suffered over 775,000 personnel killed or wounded in over 1,000 days of fighting.

He emphasized that Ukraine’s military actions forced Russia to maintain a significant grouping of troops on its territory and to redeploy reserves from other directions. Additionally, Ukrainian forces significantly boosted the exchange fund by capturing over 700 enemy soldiers in Kursk Oblast,

General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has visited the Kursk front and presented awards to soldiers there. Source: Oleksandr Syrskyi on Telegram Quote: "While working on the Kursk front,