The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the situation in Kursk Oblast.

Golden Ten Data on August 8, the Russia Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the troops of the Russian "North" Army Group and the Russia Federal Security Service continued to annihilate the Ukrainian army units in the Suzha and Kolenevo districts of Kursk Oblast, which are directly adjacent to the Russian-Ukrainian border. Over the course of a day, Russia's border defense forces, together with border guards, reinforcements and arriving reserves, acted aggressively to stop enemy advances with bearish traders, missile units and artillery strikes. Fire strikes were inflicted on the discovered areas of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army. Attempts by individual units of the enemy to break through to the Kursk region were thwarted. The Russian army is conducting airstrikes on the reserves of the Ukrainian army advancing in Sumy Oblast. In one day, the enemy lost up to 400 servicemen and 32 armored vehicles, including 1 tank, 4 armored personnel carriers, 3 infantry fighting vehicles and 24 Kozak armored vehicles. Since the beginning of the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy has lost a total of 660 personnel and 82 armored vehicles, including 8 tanks, 12 armored personnel carriers, 6 infantry fighting vehicles, 55 armored combat vehicles and 1 barrier-breaking engineering vehicle.