💥 Attack

Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces seized the St. Nicholas Monastery southwest of Guyevo in Kursk Oblast.

April 23, 2025 Oleshnya, Kursk Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

St. Nicholas Monastery (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) North Korea (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian FPV drone (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

Russian forces seized St. Nicholas Monastery

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Moscow has also used some 12,000 North Korean army troops dispatched by Pyongyang to counter the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Oblast

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Kursk direction, where the invader conducted 23 assault operations against the positions of Ukrainian units over the past day.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.755Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-23-2025