💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces targeted Russian ammunition depots in the Kursk sector, causing large explosions confirmed on video, contributing to reduced Russian artillery fire.

August 17, 2024 Sudzha, Kursk

Likely Reported by 2 independent sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post

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Entities

Ukraine's armed forces (military_unit) Seym River (location) Ukraine (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Mykhailo Podolyak (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Akhmat battalion (military_unit) 249th Separate Special Motorized Battalion South (military_unit) Khuseyn Mezhidov (person)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces targeted Russian ammunition depots in the Kursk sector, causing large explosions confirmed on video, contributing to reduced Russian artillery fire.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

A third bridge over the Seym river inside Russia was hit over the weekend

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.229Z

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