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Russian artillery began intense shelling while Ukrainian forces were transporting the captured North Korean soldier across a minefield, forcing them to abandon the prisoner.

Mahnovka, Kursk Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
UNIAN Institute for the Study of War

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Russian artillery (weapon_system) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) North Korean soldiers (person) Russia (organization) Russian Navy (military_unit) KABs (weapon_system) Ukrainian defense forces (military_unit) Makhnovka (location) Kalynivka (location) Makariv (location) North Korean soldier (person) Russian army (military_unit) Mahnovka (location) Zelenivka (location) Makarivka (location) Russian forces (military_unit)

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UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian artillery launched intense shelling while Ukrainian forces were transporting the captured soldier.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces were forced to abandon the prisoner due to the Russian artillery.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

The Russian forces used all available resources to eliminate the Koreans and the Ukrainians.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Sudzha

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:58:04.296Z

Source story: soldaty-kndr-v-plenu-smi-raskryli-detali-riskovannoy-missii-12889392