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Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) repelled a Russian assault in the Kursk region, destroying five armored vehicles including two tanks and eliminating four Russian soldiers, according to an SSO report.

Kruglenkoe, Kursk Oblast
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Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) destroyed five enemy armored vehicles in the Kursk region

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

SSO operators, in coordination with Ukrainian Defense Forces, thwarted an attempt by Russian forces to storm a settlement in the Kursk region

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

During the unsuccessful assault on Ukrainian positions, SSO unmanned aerial systems targeted and destroyed two enemy tanks and three armored vehicles

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

SSO reported eliminating four Russian soldiers who were attempting to breach Ukrainian positions

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

UAF destroyed Russian marine headquarters in Kursk, reported in Forbes.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Soldiers of the 1st Assault Battalion of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade eliminated about thirty Russian occupiers and attacked ATVs with trailers in the Kursk region.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Destroyed and abandoned armored vehicles of Russian forces were observed in a field in the Kursk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:31:28.826Z

Source story: 45114