🔥 Destruction

Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) destroyed Russia's 'Sapphire' electronic warfare complex in the Kursk region using attack UAVs. The enemy suffered casualties (both killed and wounded), though exact numbers were not specified.

Kursk Oblast
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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Operators of the SSO of Ukraine targeted and destroyed the 'Sapphire' Russian EW complex in the Kursk region

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The damage was inflicted by attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which destroyed the 'Sapphire' anti-aircraft missile system. The enemy also suffered casualties, both killed and wounded

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The objectives of the operation in Kursk region are being met and Ukraine continues to expand territory under its control

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

One of the objectives of Kyiv's ongoing Kursk Oblast operation was to divert a significant number of Russian forces from other sectors, primarily from the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions, Syrskyi said.

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Extracted: 2026-02-20T18:04:05.388Z

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