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Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces encircled elements of the Russian 18th Motorized Rifle Division (11th Army Corps, Leningrad Military District) in Malaya Loknya (north of Sudzha), and elements of the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade or 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment broke through the Ukrainian encirclement.

Malaya Loknya, Kursk Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources
Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN

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Russian 18th Motorized Rifle Division (military_unit) 11th Army Corps (military_unit) Leningrad Military District (organization) Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (military_unit) 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment (military_unit) Ramzan Kadyrov (person) Russian 14th Motorized Rifle Battalion of the Akhmat-Chechnya Regiment (military_unit) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Akhmat battalion (military_unit) Neptune (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Russian forces (military_unit) Seym River (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Sumy (location) Russian infrastructure (location) Mi-8 (weapon_system) FPV drone (weapon_system) M2 CSO "A" (military_unit) SBU (organization) Ukraine (organization) Mi-8 helicopter (weapon_system) Russian military (organization) Kursk Oblast (location) 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Daniil (military_unit)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian forces encircled elements of the Russian 18th Motorized Rifle Division in Malaya Loknya

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Defense Forces have advanced again in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and taken control of two more settlements

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Progress of 1-3 kilometers made in Kursk region

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Active actions are underway in one more settlement

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

While Moscow seems to have redeployed some troops to Kursk Oblast, it hasn't been enough to significantly impact the Donbas front line

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Modified Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles were said to have struck a Russian base in the Kursk region this week.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russian forces built a pontoon bridge across the Seym River in Glushkovsky district

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.816Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-25-2024