💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces used HIMARS rockets to strike Russian reserve units and truck convoys attempting to reinforce the battlefield, destroying columns of trucks.

August 15, 2024 Sudzha, Kursk

Verified Independently confirmed by 6 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

HIMARS (weapon_system) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) Kh-59 guided missile (weapon_system) Shahed-type attack UAV (weapon_system) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Eduard Moskalyov (person) Eduard Moskalev (person) Kh-59 missile (weapon_system) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukraine (organization) Eduard Moskaliov (person) Sudzha (location) Challenger 2 (weapon_system) Russian forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (location) Ukraine's armed forces (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) TSN (organization) Kursk Oblast (location) GMLRS (weapon_system) Glushkovo bridge (location) Russian Federation Armed Forces (military_unit) Andrei Belousov (person) Russian Defense Ministry (organization) Ukrainian military (organization) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) 8th Special Forces Regiment (military_unit) Glushkovo (location) Seym River (location) Russian military (organization) Lancet drone (weapon_system) Iskander-M (weapon_system) Shahed-type UAV (weapon_system) Nakhtihal unit (military_unit) Russian Ministry of Defence (organization) 80th Air Assault Brigade (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces used HIMARS rockets to strike Russian reserve units and truck convoys attempting to reinforce the battlefield, destroying columns of trucks.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

74 settlements across Russia's Kursk region are currently under control of Ukraine's Armed Forces.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russia also reportedly attacked Ukraine with three Kh-59 missiles from Kursk Oblast.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian troops distributed humanitarian aid in Sudzha

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russia deployed at least nine regiments and brigades to defend against Ukrainian advance in Kursk

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On the night of August 16, 2024, Russian forces launched three Iskander-M ballistic missiles and five UAVs from the Kursk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.579Z

Source story: day-904-2024-08-17