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Captured Russian soldiers from various units in the Kursk region have expressed a desire to be exchanged with Azov fighters currently held in Russia.

August 14, 2024 Sudzha, Kursk Oblast

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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

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Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Captured Russians from Kursk region units want to be exchanged with Azov fighters.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukraine's unprecedented operation, ongoing since last week, seems to have taken Russia by surprise, as Kyiv says its forces seized control of 74 settlements and over 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of land after they broke through the weakly defended border.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The ongoing Ukrainian military offensive caused the evacuation

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russia is redeploying troops from eastern direction to Kursk Oblast

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Some Russian units from southern Ukraine have been redeployed to eastern direction under Toretsk and Pokrovsk

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

AFU increases control in Kursk region by 40 square kilometers per day according to Syrskyi.

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