Over 1,700 people evacuated from border areas of Kursk Region in 24 hours

MOSCOW, August 18. /TASS/. Over 1,700 people were evacuated from border areas of the Kursk Region in 24 hours, a source in the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS.
“In 24 hours, actions to evacuate residents of border areas were carried out in four municipal districts of the region. More than 1,700 people left for safe regions on their own or in organized groups,” the source said.
Around 10,000 people, including 3,000 children, are in 174 emergency shelters in 24 regions across Russia.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 300 troops and 27 armored vehicles, including six tanks, in the Kursk direction in 24 hours, with the enemy’s total losses since the hostility started in the Kursk border area surpassing 3,460 troops, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“In 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 300 troops and 27 armored units, including six tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored fighting vehicles, 18 armored combat vehicles, as well as four cars, an MLRS launcher and two engineering equipment units, including a combat engineer vehicle,” the report said.
Overall, the enemy has lost over 3,460 troops, 50 tanks, 25 infantry fighting vehicles, 45 armored fighting vehicles, 262 armored combat vehicles, 115 cars, five air defense systems, seven multiple rocket launchers, including three HIMARS systems and one MLRS system, 25 field branch artillery weapons, four electronic warfare stations, four engineering equipment units, including two combat engineer vehicles and one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle since Kiev launched a massive attack on the Kursk Region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry’s data.