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The Kursk Force Grouping (commanded by the 8th Air Assault Corps) has just shared a video of their forces deploying several different systems, including a German-delivered HX-2 loitering munition to destroy a Russian 2S7 Pion howitzer inside Russia. The howitzer has reportedly recently intensified strikes on the city of...

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