On April 26, a postage stamp dedicated to the Anniversary of the liberation of the Kursk Region was put into postal circulation

On August 5, 2024, massive artillery and air strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces rained down on the border regions of the Kursk Region, including Sudzha, the Glushkovsky, Korenevsky, and Sudzhansky Districts. The following day, on August 6, a full-scale invasion began: Ukrainian troops, supported by tanks and heavy equipment, crossed the border, seizing approximately 1,268 km² of the Region’s territory in a short period, including 59 villages and the large city of Sudzha. By mid-August, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had consolidated their positions in the captured territories. Foreign mercenaries from at least nine states, such as Georgia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, Latin America and others, took part in the fighting on the side of Ukraine. The invasion turned into a humanitarian disaster for tens of thousands of border-zone civilians. The authorities immediately announced the evacuation of 180,000 people, but by August 12, only 120,000 had been evacuated. Those who failed to leave their homes found themselves in the epicenter of combat, unable to get out and contact relatives. On August 13, Colonel General Alexei Dyumin, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, was appointed coordinator of the counterterrorism operation in the Kursk Region.

Since September of 2024, Russian forces launched a counteroffensive, methodically regaining control of the occupied territories. The turning point was operation Potok (Flush), in which fighters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, having passed 16 km underground via a gas pipeline, delivered an unexpected rear blow on the enemy. Nearly 800 fighters took part in the tactical maneuver, all of whom were nominated for state awards. By mid-September, during the counteroffensive, Russian troops had liberated more than 10 settlements in the Region. By March of 2025, Sudzha was liberated, and by April 26, as was reported by the Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, the Kursk Region was completely cleared from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The last liberated settlement was the village of Gornal in the Sudzha District. On April 26 of 2025, the operation to liberate the Kursk Region was completed, and President of the Russian Federation V. Putin announced the complete defeat of the enemy.

The postage stamp provides a symbolic image of Russian service personnel who participated in operation Potok (Flush).

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Kursk.


Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 48 rubles.
Stamp size (diam): 33 mm, sheet size: 131×137 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 58.5 thousand stamps (6.5 thousand sheets).

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