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Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine had established control over 74 settlements in the Kursk region.
Sudzha, Kursk Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Kursk region (location) Sudzha (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian conscripts (person) Alexey Smirnov (person) Yevgeny Balitsky (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) DeepState (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Ukraine (organization) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) North Korea (organization)
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Kyiv Post →
Source tone: certain
Ukraine controlled 74 settlements in Kursk region
Kyiv Independent →
Source tone: certain
North Korea sent around 11,000 soldiers to Kursk Oblast last year
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Extracted: 2026-02-21T00:34:45.386Z
Source story: 37397