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according to a report by the russian satellite news agency on september 18, a commander of a detachment of the russian "ahmat" special forces said that russian troops defeated several ukrainian brigades, special operations forces units and forward observation groups of the us private military company near suja in kursk oblast, and destroyed hundreds of pieces of equipment.

the commander reportedly said kiev was still continuing to gather new forces towards kursk.

“they’ve lost thousands of men, hundreds of pieces of equipment, huge losses, but they’re still sending (new forces),” he said.

according to him, ukraine also transported new personnel from the ukrainian special operations forces and foreign private military companies to the suja region.

"special operations forces units and forward observation groups of u.s. private military companies have entered the kursk region," he said.

the commander pointed out that ukraine's newly deployed troops also suffered heavy losses.

according to reports, the russian ministry of defense stated on september 17 that during the combat operations, the russian army had killed more than 14,200 ukrainian soldiers and destroyed 119 tanks in the kursk direction.

source: reference news