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1. Various of sappers carrying out combat operations
2. Various of military engineers carrying out combat operations
3. Various of targets being detonated

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4. Various of building of Russian Defense Ministry, national flag of Russia

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5. Various of Kremlin, buildings, traffic

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6. National flag of Ukraine

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7. Various of Ukrainian parliament building; national flag of Ukraine

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8. Maidan Square

Russia on Sunday announced that its forces had controlled several settlements, while the Ukrainian side reported engaging in battles with Russian forces in multiple places.

According to a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on Sunday, Russian troops had seized control of several settlements in the Kursk oblast.

The Russian television channel RT (Russia Today) released a video clip claiming that the Russian military captured an U.S.-made Abrams tank in the Kursk region. The Russian forces also took control of settlements in the Sumy region and the Donetsk region.

On the same day, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that its forces had engaged in battles with Russian forces in the directions of Kursk, Kharkiv, Kupyansk, and Pokrovsk.

The Ukrainian side also said that Ukrainian forces carried out strikes on Russian air defense systems and artillery systems among other targets.