💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Strela-10 air defense system with an FPV drone in Kursk Oblast.

October 24, 2024 Liubotivka, Kursk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Strela-10 (weapon_system) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Russian forces (organization) Vladimir Putin (person) 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Vice-Admiral Mykhailo Bilinsky (military_unit) Ukrainian Marine Corps (military_unit) 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (military_unit) 382nd Separate Battalion (military_unit) Ukraine Defense Forces (military_unit) 36th Marine Brigade (military_unit) Kursk region (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian Strela-10 air defense system with FPV drone in Kursk Oblast

Ukrinform → Source tone: uncertain

The enemy's aviation continues to destroy its own villages and towns with guided aerial bombs, with reports of 16 airstrikes using 18 guided aerial bombs.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to project Russian confidence in the Russian military's ability to repel the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

9 marines were blocked in a building surrounded by Russians while covering the withdrawal of wounded soldiers

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Marines from the 36th Brigade attacked Russian positions in the Kursk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.342Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-24-2024