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Russian military documents from the 488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment contained months of warnings about a possible invasion and capture of Sudzha.

Kursk Oblast
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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (military_unit) 17th Battalion (military_unit) Ukraine (organization) Kursk Oblast (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Kursk operation (military_unit) Seym River (location) Su-34 (weapon_system) FSB Alpha Group (military_unit) FSB Vympel Group (military_unit) 4th Brigade(s) (military_unit) 103rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade (military_unit) 80th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade (military_unit) HIMARS (weapon_system) Russian forces (military_unit) 810th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian aviation (military_unit) Orion UAV (weapon_system) Kronstadt (organization) 80th Brigade (military_unit) 810th Brigade (military_unit) 22nd Separate Mechanised Brigade (military_unit)

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The documents mostly come from units of the 488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, particularly from the second company of its 17th Battalion

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Attacks on the northeastern region and Sumy city have intensified since August of 2024, following Ukraine's surprise cross-border incursion into Russia's adjacent Kursk Oblast.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The August 2024 increase in casualty rate is almost certainly due to Ukraine's Kursk operation and continued pressure on the Pokrovsk axis

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian Su-34 in Kursk Oblast in August 2024

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Some units, like the 810th Brigade, for example, we completely routed. They had to be pulled out for recovery and then sent back against us again.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:12.895Z

Source story: 3907666-russia-knew-for-months-of-ukrainian-plans-and-tried-to-prevent-invasion-of-kursk-region-guardian