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Moscow/Kiev, August 17 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Sersky reported to Ukrainian President Zelensky on August 16 that the Ukrainian army had advanced 1 to 3 kilometers in some areas of Kursk Oblast, Russia, and captured Russian soldiers. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the same day that Russian army troops were thwarting Ukraine's attempt to invade Russian federal territory in Kursk Oblast.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that since the Ukrainian army launched a large-scale attack on Kursk Oblast bordering Ukraine on the 6th of this month, Ukraine has lost 2,640 soldiers, 37 tanks and 32 armored vehicles. Russia used the Air Force, drones and missiles to attack two mechanized brigades, one assault brigade and one brigade of the National Guard personnel and equipment.

Kursk Oblast Acting Governor Smirnov confirmed on the 16th that the Ukrainian army destroyed the Seym River Bridge in the Glushkovsky District of the state. The evacuation routes of some residential areas in the Glushkovsky District have been cut off. He also said that the state government will count the losses caused to residents by the Ukrainian invasion.

The Russian Ministry of Defense released a message on social media on the 16th saying that Russian armed forces destroyed two US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems in a settlement in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Mi-8 and Ka-29 helicopters of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned boats sailing towards the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea.

According to a special military operation progress report released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the 16th, in the past week, the Russian armed forces used precision-guided weapons and attack drones to carry out 17 cluster strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises, airport infrastructure, and assembly and storage sites of attack drones. Russia also struck Ukrainian fuel depots, armed forces reserve assembly sites, nationalist organizations, and temporary deployment sites of foreign mercenaries.