This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

According to the department, from March 12 to 14, fighters from the West group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces, together with the border authorities of the Federal Security Service, stopped all attempts by Ukrainian militants to break into the territory of the Kursk and Belgorod regions.

“The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 1.5 thousand militants, of which about 500 were irrevocable, 18 tanks and 23 armored combat vehicles were destroyed,” the statement said. 

Earlier it became known that the Russian Armed Forces and the FSB thwarted an attempt to break through the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the Belgorod region.