Kursk campaign

August 6, 2024 – March 16, 2025 · Kursk Oblast

Ukrainian forces crossed the border into Russia's Kursk Oblast and seized several hundred square kilometers. Russian and North Korean troops later pushed them back.

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Ukraine

Russia

North Korea

Eduard Moskaliov military commander

Oleksandr Syrskyi military commander

Andrei Belousov military commander

Yunus-bek Yevkurov military commander

Valery Gerasimov military commander

Strength and losses

Russia Casualties 77,000 · Wounded 4,807 · Captured 1,018

North Korea Casualties 6,000

Units

103rd Territorial Defense Brigade 21st Mechanized Brigade 241st Territorial Defense Brigade 80th Air Assault Brigade 82nd Air Assault Brigade 4th Special Purpose Regiment (Ukraine) 501st Separate Naval Infantry Battalion Alpha Group (Ukraine)

1st Guards Tank Army

6th Guards Combined Arms Army 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division 47th Tank Division (Russia) 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade 95th Air Assault Brigade Pyatnashka Brigade Georgian Legion (Ukraine) Special Operations Center "West" (Ukraine)