Ukrainian Special Forces Capture Russian Marines in Kursk Oblast
27 November, 2024 Russian prisoners from the 810th Marine Brigade. November 2024. Ukraine.
Frame from the video of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Special Operations Command In the Kursk oblast, Special Operations Forces (SOF) managed to capture Russian soldiers from a marine brigade. The Command of the Special Operations Forces stated that several dozen Russians from the 810th Marine Brigade were captured.
"Soldiers of the Special Operations Forces inflicted significant losses in manpower on the enemy during special operations in the Kursk sector," the Command of the Special Operations Forces added. This Russian brigade has been involved in the war against Ukrainians since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This brigade also took an active part in the occupation of Crimea in February-March 2014. During this time, the Russian 810th Marine Brigade suffered significant losses in combat and from missile strikes.
810th Marine Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 2020. Source: ru.krymr.com
In early November, the Russian army resumed attempts at mechanized attacks in the Kursk oblast.
The offensive is carried out, in particular, by the forces of the 810th Marine Brigade of the Russian Navy. On November 7, fighting continued in the main Ukrainian advance in the Kursk oblast southeast of Korenevo, near Novoivanivka, as well as near Daryno and south of Sudzha, near Plekhovo.
M113 armored personnel carriers of the Ukrainian military participating in the Kursk operation. Ukraine, Sumy region.
August 2024. Photo credits: Reuters
However, the front line has not changed significantly. In turn, the Russian so-called "military reporters" call the front line in the Kursk oblast "inactive."
Meanwhile, the commander of one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades said that the Russian military has much less armored vehicles and artillery in the Kursk oblast than elsewhere on the front line. Especially in the Donetsk region.
The situation in the Kursk oblast on the Deepstate map as of November 26, 2024
Recently, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating as part of the Siversk Joint Task Force successfully repelled a mechanized assault by Russian troops in the Kursk oblast.