Ukrainian troops hit a Russian command post in the town of Lgov in Kursk Oblast, allegedly killing 18 Russian soldiers, Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications reported on Dec. 26. Ukrainian forces reportedly hit the command post of Russia's 810th Separate Marine Brigade,

The Russian army has reportedly suffered a major setback after a Ukrainian missile strike destroyed a key military command post in the city of Kursk, killing 17 marines.

The devastating precision HIMARS attack killed a number of senior officers, including Lieutenant Colonel Salim Pashtov.

Ukrainian forces launched an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August, a move that undermined Russia’s military prestige and forced it to redeploy troops from eastern Ukraine, where its offensiv