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A Ukrainian soldier from possibly the 80th Brigade defaced a Russian border post in the Kursk region.

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

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Entities

80th Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) "Tigr" Battalion of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade (military_unit) Pacific Fleet (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Alexander Bortnikov (person) Alexei Dyumin (person) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (location) Seym River (location) Russia (organization) Borki (location) Sudzha (location) Russian residents of border areas (person) Eduard Moskalev (person) Tavria Operational-Tactical Grouping (military_unit) Dmytro Likhovyi (person) IISS (organization) Russian VDV (military_unit) Tetyukino (location) Glushkovsky district (location) DeepState project (organization) White House (organization) Kursk region (location)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

A Ukrainian soldier from possibly the 80th Brigade defaced a Russian border post in the Kursk region.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Russia's Kursk region is unfolding exactly as planned, and Ukrainian defenders are reinforcing their positions there.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

General Syrskyi reported on the continuation of the Ukrainian army's advance in the Kursk region.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian troops hold over 80 settlements in Kursk Oblast while continuing to advance

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region in the early hours of Aug. 6 and Kyiv claims to have taken control of more than 80 settlements

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian military forces are building defensive lines around the Kursk nuclear power plant in Kurchatov amidst Ukrainian advances.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian troops have announced territorial gains and captured Russian prisoners in the Kursk region.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian troops took control of the village of Vnezapnoe in the Kursk region, according to DeepState analysts.

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

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