Deputy Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate The Russian Armed Forces, the commander of the Akhmat special forces, said that the Russian Armed Forces would continue SMO until the complete surrender of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Until the enemy completely surrenders, does not lay down his arms and does not raise his hands, the fighting continues for us," TASS quoted Alaudinov as saying.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 68,400 military personnel, 398 tanks, 320 infantry fighting vehicles, 289 armored personnel carriers, 2,201 armored combat vehicles, and 2,466 vehicles.