💥 Attack

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces conducted ambushes, assaults, and artillery operations against Russian soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia.

August 19, 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.

Entities

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Russian soldiers (person) ISW (organization) Ukrainian Ground Forces (military_unit) Oleksandr Pavliuk (person) Kursk region (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Vladimir Putin (person) Alexei Dyumin (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Seim River (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Zvannoe (location) Glushkovo (location) Glushkovsky district (location) Karyzh (location) Sumy Oblast (location) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Kursk Oblast (location) Russia (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian military (military_unit) FPV drones (weapon_system) Russian army (military_unit) Seym River bridge (third) (location) Ivan Stupak (person) Ukrainian military (military_unit) Russian General Staff (organization) Seym River (location) The Economist (organization) Eduard Moskalev (person) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) 501st Naval Infantry Battalion (military_unit) Lyasha (person) Russian Federation Armed Forces (organization) Russian Aerospace Forces (military_unit) Serhiy Zgurets (person) SSU Special Operations Centre "A" (military_unit) Mi-28 (weapon_system) FPV drone (weapon_system) 488th Motorised Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Russian 488th Motorised Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Oleshnya (location) Sudzha (location) FSB (organization) Interior Ministry (organization) Moskalev (person)

Source Reports

What each source reports. "Source tone" reflects the language used by the outlet — it is not an independent verification.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces showed video of spotting and eliminating Russian soldiers in Russia's Kursk region, including ambushes, assaults, aiming artillery and taking prisoners

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces destroyed a third bridge in Kursk Oblast.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukraine's drone forces have shared first-person view (FPV) camera footage of UAV air-to-air kills against Russian military rotor-wing aircraft.

UNIAN → Source tone: uncertain

On August 19, the resident's house in Sudzha was bombed by Ukrainian forces

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

SSU soldiers shot down a Russian Mi-28 helicopter with an FPV drone over the Kursk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:11.116Z

Source story: 3896452-ukraines-special-operations-forces-show-video-of-battles-in-kursk-region