A Russian soldier was recorded firing a grenade launcher at a residential building in Sudzha, Kursk Oblast. The shot narrowly missed the Orthodox Holy Trinity Church and struck a residential building.
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A Russian soldier was seen firing a grenade launcher at a residential building in Sudzha, a border town in Russia's Kursk Oblast retaken from Ukrainian forces earlier this year
The shot narrowly missed the church and struck a residential building
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian duty station near Rylsk, Kursk Oblast during a HIMARS strike
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