all names

Kursk place

Named in 25 reports across 7 stories - 7 Aug – 10 Sept

also appears as Kursku, Kurska

7 Aug 202610 Sept 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Kursk. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Kursk.

Ukraine and Ukrainian share 20 reportsRussian and Ukraine share 20 reportsRussian and Ukrainian share 20 reportsRussia and Russian share 18 reportsRussia and Ukrainian share 18 reportsRussia and Ukraine share 18 reportsKyiv and Ukrainian share 15 reportsKyiv and Russian share 15 reportsKyiv and Ukraine share 15 reportsKyiv and Russia share 14 reportsMoscow and Ukraine share 12 reportsMoscow and Ukrainian share 12 reportsMoscow and Russia share 12 reportsMoscow and Russian share 12 reportsKyiv and Moscow share 10 reportsNorth Korean and Ukraine share 8 reportsMoscow and North Korean share 8 reportsNorth Korean and Russian share 8 reportsNorth Korean and Russia share 8 reportsNorth Korean and Ukrainian share 8 reportsMoscow and North Korea share 7 reportsNorth Korea and Ukraine share 7 reportsKyiv and North Korean share 7 reportsUkrainian and Volodymyr Zelenskyy share 7 reportsNorth Korea and Ukrainian share 7 reportsNorth Korea and Russia share 7 reportsUkraine and Volodymyr Zelenskyy share 7 reportsNorth Korea and Russian share 7 reportsRussian and Volodymyr Zelenskyy share 7 reportsNorth Korea and North Korean share 7 reportsRussia and Volodymyr Zelenskyy share 6 reportsBlack Sea and Russian share 6 reportsBlack Sea and Ukraine share 6 reportsBlack Sea and Ukrainian share 6 reportsKyiv and North Korea share 6 reportsMoscow and Volodymyr Zelenskyy share 6 reportsKyiv and Volodymyr Zelenskyy share 5 reportsBlack Sea and Russia share 5 reportsBlack Sea and Kyiv share 4 reportsNorth Korea and Volodymyr Zelenskyy share 4 reportsKurskRussianRussian - 20 shared reports (place)UkraineUkraine - 20 shared reports (place)UkrainianUkrainian - 20 shared reports (place)RussiaRussia - 18 shared reports (place)KyivKyiv - 15 shared reports (place)MoscowMoscow - 12 shared reports (place)North KoreanNorth Korean - 8 shared reports (place)North KoreaNorth Korea - 7 shared reports (place)Volodymyr Z…Volodymyr Zelenskyy - 7 shared reports (person)Black SeaBlack Sea - 6 shared reports (place)

The stories

Russian warship makes ‘AGGRESSIVE’ approach with weapons drawn to US navy cruiser

257 outlets17 reports name Kursk1 Jul 2016 – 11 Sept 2026

Russia wants 30,000 more North Korean soldiers to fight Ukraine. Is the West at risk?

53 outlets2 reports name Kursk7 Aug – 10 Sept

‘They Will Hang Me’: Putin Fears Defeat in Ukraine, Plans to Send 400,000 More Russians to War

45 outlets1 report names Kursk31 Aug – 11 Sept

Peru says 11 citizens killed, 114 missing in Russia-Ukraine war

18 outlets1 report names Kursk10 Aug – 10 Sept

War update: 259 battles on front lines; enemy launched most attacks in Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors

3 outlets2 reports name Kursk5 Aug – 10 Sept

Two Russian Su-35S Fighters Collide Over Kursk Region

8 outlets1 report names Kursk7 Sept – 8 Sept

The pride of the Russian army sank, and the world waited for news for days.

1 outlets1 report names Kursk12 Aug

Who keeps naming them

rightspeak.net3Index.hr (Croatia)3dailykos.com3omanobserver.om1whbl.com1novinite.com1koreaherald.com1nikkei.com1chinatechnews.com1independent.co.uk1japantoday.com1webindia123.com1

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