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Ukrainian forces advanced towards the village of Bolshoye Soldatskoye from near Sudzha in Kursk Oblast.

Bolshoye Soldatskoye, Kursk Oblast
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Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Bolshoye Soldatskoye (location) Tiotkino (location) Cherkaske (location) Porechnoye (location) Malynivka (location) Mykhaylivka (location) Institute for the Study of War (ISW) (organization) Tetkino (location) Cherkasskoye (location) Martynovka (location) Mikhaylovka (location) Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (person) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Kursk (location) Russian forces (military_unit) North Korean soldiers (person) North Korea (organization) Russia (organization) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Ukrainian army (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces began an offensive operation from near Sudzha towards Bolshoye Soldatskoye

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Deputy Minister of Defense Yunus-Bek Yevkurov urgently arrived in Kursk Oblast during the Ukrainian offensive.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces recently advanced in southern Berdin, central Russkoye Porechnoye, and central Novosotnitsky

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Pyongyang sent upwards of 12,000 North Korean soldiers into Kursk Oblast in fall 2024

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.963Z

Source story: 44944