A morning assault near Volodymyrivka collapsed when a convoy bogged down in the Kazennyi Torets, and Ukrainian units finished the job with artillery, HIMARS, and drones on 25 October 2025
Putin's drive to clear Ukrainian forces from Kursk Oblast before Trump's January inauguration has cost one of Russia's elite units dearly in men and machinery.
Rigid Russian tactics in Kursk, based on faulty intel, see them repeatedly attack along predictable roads, sustaining heavy casualties from Ukrainian defenses.