Ukrainian 'Kursk' grouping destroys Russian Tor air defence system inside Russian territory
Footage released by Ukrainian special forces on 12 June shows a Russian 9K330 Tor air defence system destroyed inside Kursk Oblast, the latest in a string of confirmed losses that suggest Ukraine's cross-border grouping has turned the oblast's road network into contested ground.
Sources
- Telegram, @noel_reports, Ukrainian OSINT channel carrying battlefield footage (https://t.me/noel_reports)
- Telegram, @gruz_200_rus, Russian battlefield losses channel (https://t.me/gruz_200_rus)
- Telegram, @Tsaplienko, Ukrainian journalist Andriy Tsaplienko (https://t.me/Tsaplienko)
- Wikipedia, 9K330 Tor system specifications (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K330_Tor)
- Wikipedia, 8th Corps (Ukraine) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Corps_(Ukraine))
- Wikipedia, Kursk offensive (2024) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_offensive_(2024))
Desk note: Monexus treats this as a Ukrainian battlefield claim that has been echoed rather than contested by Russian-adjacent channels; we have avoided asserting details the source set does not support and have flagged the gaps above for readers who want to track what OSINT analysts confirm in the hours after publication.
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