Flags above the ethnically Ukrainian villages of Kurshchina (video) were raised before the State Flag of the Armed Forces

To spread: the fighters of defense forces to the National Flag Day of Ukraine raised blue and yellow flags over ethnically Ukrainian settlements in Kursk region. Previously, these lands belonged to the Ukrainian Slobozhanshchina. This was reported in the Telegram channel of the battalion of Rugby Team unmanned systems on August 23. The flags above the Kurshchyna were raised by the operators of the Rugby Team unmanned systems 129 of a separate heavy mechanized brigade.

Ukrainian flags were overwhelmed by the settlements of Guyevo and Gornal, which are part of the Sudzhansky district of Kursk region of Russia today. However, earlier these villages belonged to the Ukrainian Slobozhanshchina, the military said. According to them, this is a reminder for the enemy that Ukraine "always remembers and returns its.

" "Now they are fluttering over Gornalia and Guyevo - as a sign of indomitability, as a reminder of the enemy: Ukraine always remembers and returns its own," - said Rugby Team fighters. The military also added: "We work on". It is worth noting that Slobozhanshchyna is a historical Ukrainian region, which covers modern Kharkiv, southeastern regions of Sumy, northern regions of Lugansk and northeastern regions of Donetsk regions of Ukraine.

Slobozhanshchyna also covered part of the Belgorod, southern part of the Voronezh and southwestern regions of Kursk regions of Russia. Earlier, a Ukrainian flag was already over Guyevo, when in August 2024 the forces of defense seized the settlement. The Armed Forces removed the enemy flag and installed blue and yellow in its place.