[Russia] Battles: Armed clash

On 11 April 2025, Russian troops and Ukrainian forces in and near Oleshnya (Sudzhanskiy, Kursk). Russian sources reported 'colossal' Ukrainian losses in the village. According to the Russian MoD, Russian troops defeated Ukrainian troops from mechanized, tank, airborne assault, marine (coded here), assault, and territorial defense brigades (coded to Oleshnya), and that on 11 April Ukrainian military's losses amounted to more than 175 servicemen as well as military equipment in and near Gornal and Oleshnya [Russian MoD reported 175 fatalities. Coded as 10 fatalities split across 2 events. 5 fatalities coded to this event].

Severity

HIGH

Occurred

2025-04-11

Country

Russia

Event type

armed_conflict

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