Russia suffers 80,000 casualties in Kursk operation - Ukraine’s top general

He said this in an interview with The Washington Post.

According to Syrskyi, at least 80,000 Russian servicemen have been killed or wounded during the Kursk operation. He refused to disclose Ukrainian losses but said they are significantly lower than the Russian ones.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces noted that last summer was truly very difficult for the Ukrainian army.

“We were heavily criticized because we were defending and retreating. I had to do something, let’s say, extraordinary,” Syrskyi said.

• Earlier, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ operation in Russia’s Kursk region has achieved most of its objectives, particularly preventing Russian offensives in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.