More than one hundred Russian soldiers were captured in the Kursk region
On the 14th, Ukrainian troops invaded the Kursk region of Russia and captured 102 Russian soldiers at once. Soldiers of the 488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces and the "Akhmat" unit consisting of Chechens surrendered during a special operation carried out by the "intelligence department" of the Security Service of Ukraine.
Special units of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) captured 102 Russian soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia, Gromadske reports .
According to the publication's source, Ukrainian troops captured a large number of Russian soldiers at one time for the first time during their invasion of Russian territory on August 14. It is noted that the soldiers of the 488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces and the "Akhmat" unit consisting of Chechens surrendered.
A video of the capture of Russian soldiers rushing to defend the Kursk region was released by the "I want to live" project: footage taken in a large hangar shows dozens of soldiers, some with their faces covered.
According to RBK's sources in the Security Service of Ukraine, the prisoners were captured during an attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on the stronghold of one of the Russian companies. The operations were carried out by the employees of the Central Intelligence Agency "A" of the SBU, sources inform.
The Ukrainian project "I want to live", which helps the surrender of the Russian military, published a video with the participation of Chechens from the special unit "Akhmat". The pictures show dozens of people, mostly in military uniforms. Three prisoners confirmed that they were from Grozny, one of them revealed that he served in "Akhmat".
Financial Times analyzed video materials published by Ukrainian units, and Ukrainian troops occupied a total of 800 square meters in the Kursk region of Russia. km. announced that he had taken control of the field and captured hundreds of Russian soldiers. Earlier, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, said that the Ukrainian units will occupy 1,000 square meters of Russia. km. announced that he had occupied the area.
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