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Chechen Aida Spetsnaz elements are operating northeast of Sudzha, and elements of the 11th VDV Brigade are operating throughout Kursk Oblast.

Daryino, Kursk Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Chechen Aida Spetsnaz group (military_unit) Russian 11th VDV Brigade (military_unit) 80th separate airborne assault Galician brigade (military_unit) 11th Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) North Korean soldiers (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (organization) 80th Airborne Assault Brigade (military_unit) Galicia Airborne Assault Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian Paratroopers (military_unit) North Korean military (organization) North Korea (organization) Ukrainian Military Intelligence (organization) Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) Galician paratroopers (military_unit) 252nd Battalion (military_unit) 40th Brigade (military_unit) Yozhyk (person) Simba (person) Special Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian occupants (military_unit) UA_REG TEAM (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Elements of the Chechen Aida Spetsnaz group and 11th VDV Brigade are operating in Kursk Oblast

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

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.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russia has already deployed 10,000 to 11,000 North Korean soldiers in Kursk Oblast according to Western and Ukrainian government estimates.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Ukraine currently holds 800 square kilometers of Kursk Oblast territory.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade captured 11 Russian soldiers in the Kursk region.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

The captured prisoners included former prisoners who had signed contracts with the 11th Air Assault Brigade of the Russian Army.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.864Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-2-2024