Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) reported an attack on Russia’s Kursk Oblast, destroying a critical logistics hub that had been supplying one of the Kremlin’s elite combat units, Russia’s 810th Marine Brigade.
The 810th Marine Brigade is based in occupied Sevastopol and is considered one of the most experienced units in Russia’s Naval Infantry, SSO says. It played a key role in the assault on Mariupol and in battles along the Zaporizhzhia axis.
The brigade has been repeatedly implicated in war crimes, including the execution of prisoners, the report notes. Its redeployment to the Kursk region suggests that Moscow is now forced to use its elite forces to defend its own borders.
According to SSO, that strike destroyed ammunition depots, equipment storage facilities, and concealed weapons positions that had been supporting Russian operations in the North-Slobozhanske direction, including parts of Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Sumy Oblast.
In December 2024, Ukraine’s Defense Forces eliminated the deputy commander of Russia’s 810th Naval Infantry Brigade at a command post in the city of Lgov, Kursk Oblast.