Kursk: Kiev lost in the Kursk Region 5,500 units of equipment supplied by the West worth $7.8 billion, RIA Novosti calculations based on the data provided by the Russian Sever (North) group of forces, as well as on the data on the equipment's cost from open sources revealed on Saturday.

According to Namibia Press Agency, earlier RIA Novosti, on the basis of the data from the Russian Sever (North) group of forces, calculated that during the hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev spent more than $27 billion. This amount is more than half of all foreign financial aid received by Ukraine from Western countries in 2024.

"In the course of the Kursk operation, our group of forces destroyed more than 5,500 units of equipment supplied at the expense of the West," the Sever group of forces told RIA Novosti.

According to open sources, the average cost of a tank is $4.5 million, a self-propelled artillery unit costs $4 million, an APC costs $300,000, and a BMP costs $600,000. The total value of the trophy equipment destroyed and taken by the Russian Armed Forces was calculated by RIA Novosti and amounted to about $7.8 billion.

"Part of the allocated funds was spent by the Ukrainian armed forces for supplemental staffing and partial repairs before sending the equipment into combat operations," the Sever group of forces said.