Soldiers of the 80th separate airborne assault Galician brigade captured 11 Russian prisoners in the Kursk region. The prisoners were former convicts who had signed contracts and were assigned to the 11th Air Assault Brigade of the Russian Army.
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Soldiers of the 80th separate airborne assault Galician brigade of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured 11 Russians in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
Elements of the Chechen Aida Spetsnaz group and 11th VDV Brigade are operating in Kursk Oblast
Ukraine currently holds 800 square kilometers of Kursk Oblast territory.
Russia has already deployed 10,000 to 11,000 North Korean soldiers in Kursk Oblast according to Western and Ukrainian government estimates.
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