Russia destroys Ukrainian unit armed with NATO weapons in Kursk region, RIA says

Russia destroys Ukrainian unit armed with NATO weapons in Kursk region, RIA says

Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage unit that was armed with weapons from NATO countries in Russia's western Kursk region, the RIA state-run media agency reported on Friday, citing unidentified security sources.

"Samples of small arms manufactured by the United States and Sweden have been seized at the liquidation site of a Ukrainian sabotage group near the village of Kremyanoe in the Kursk region," RIA cited a Russian security official as saying.

Russian troops seized a Swedish-made Automatic Carbine 5 assault rifle as well as a US-made M4 carbine assault rifle and M2 Browning machine gun, RIA cited the official as saying.

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Reuters was unable to verify battlefield accounts from either side.

Russia has been battling Ukrainian forces in Kursk since Aug. 6, when Kyiv launched a lightning incursion in the largest attack on sovereign Russian territory since World War Two.

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