Ukrainian Ombudsman reported footage showing a Russian servicemember executing a Ukrainian POW in Kursk Oblast.
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Russian servicemember executed Ukrainian POW in Kursk Oblast
According to Russian General Staff officer Sergei Rudsky, Ukrainian soldiers are in control of about 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) out of 1,268 square kilometers (490 square miles) initially seized by Kyiv.
Soldiers of the 154th Separate Mechanised Brigade eliminated a North Korean mercenary in the Kursk region using a kamikaze drone.
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