💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck another Russian local headquarters in the Kursk region.

February 4, 2025 Makhnovka, Kursk

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Ukrainian special operations forces (military_unit) Russian partisans (military_unit) Iskander missile loader (weapon_system) radars (weapon_system) Kursk Oblast (location) Igor 'Sahara' Koval (person) North Korean soldier (military_unit) Ukrainian 33rd Air Assault Regiment (4th Company) (military_unit) Ukrainian 46th Separate Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) Petro Haidashchuk (person) Russian forces (military_unit) 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade 'Magura' (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (Ukrainian soldiers) (military_unit) Russian armored personnel carrier (weapon_system) Russian Navy (weapon_system) radar (weapon_system) North Korean soldiers (military_unit) Ukrainian 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) Petro Haidashuk (person) Russian tank (weapon_system) North Korean forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Kyrylo Budanov (person) Ukraine's General Staff (organization)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces struck another Russian local headquarters in the Kursk region.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian special operations forces and Russian partisans struck an Iskander missile loader and radar in the Kursk region, saying the strikes are meant to inflict a thousand cuts on the enemy.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

North Korean soldiers attacked Ukrainian positions using chaotic WWII-style frontal assaults.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

North Korean soldiers were used by Russian forces as 'cannon fodder'.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

North Korean forces have not been conducting combat operations in Kursk Oblast since mid-January 2025

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are still fighting against Ukraine in Russia's Kursk Oblast

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.155Z

Source story: day-1081a-2025-02-09