🏴 Capture

Ukrainian forces captured Russian troops during operations in the Kursk region.

August 8, 2024 Kursk, Kursk Oblast

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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian military (military_unit) Russian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian soldiers (person) Nikolai (person) Moscow Railway (organization) Kursk (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Sudzha (location) Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (location) Pantsir (weapon_system) Sumy Oblast (location) Institute for the Study of War (organization) Hoholivka (location) Rubanshchyna (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) 14th Drone Systems Forces Regiment (military_unit) Battalion Naftihhal (military_unit) 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade (military_unit) Sudzha gas metering station (location) National Guard of Russia (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian military personnel (military_unit) Sudzha gas measuring station (location) Wagner Group (military_unit) Sudzha checkpoint (location) Kursk Oblast (location)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Capturing Russian troops in Kursk region

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Many Russian soldiers captured in Kursk Oblast battles, Ukraine's state project claims - 32 captured Russian soldiers shown in drone footage with eight more not fitting in frame

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Thousands of civilians on both sides of the border have been evacuated after Ukraine launched the cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region, now in its second day.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces advanced 10 km deep into Kursk Oblast according to ISW

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

More than 50 Russian border guards surrendered at Sudzha checkpoint.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:10.830Z

Source story: 3894218-cinc-syrskyi-on-battlefield-situation-we-are-continuing-the-operation