Russian Official in the Kursk Region Says Fighting Continues in Ukraine Incursion
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A top official in the Kursk region of Russia that borders Ukraine said Thursday that fighting is continuing in an area where Ukrainian forces made a significant incursion this week.
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Russia has accused Ukrainian troops of crossing the border into its Kursk region, which, if confirmed, marks the first incursion of its kind from Ukraine and puts pressure on Moscow in an area largely unaffected by the two-year war.
Ukraine's offensive into Kursk, Russia is likely designed to secure Russian military confusion, a diversion of Russian forces from the front and boost morale.
Ukrainian troops attacked the Kursk region in western Russia in a major assault — which Russian dictator Vladimir Putin called a "large-scale provovation."
Russia said it stopped the advance of hundreds of troops who launched an assault on Sudzha in the border region of Kursk, but fighting continues. Ukraine has not yet confirmed the assault.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops are fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region in the third day of one of the largest cross-border incursions of the war, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday. A ministry statement said the Russian military and border guards have blocked Ukrainian forces from …
A top official in the Kursk region of Russia that borders Ukraine said Thursday that fighting is continuing in an area where Ukrainian forces made a significant incursion this week.
Russian troops are battling to push back Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region on the third day of one of the largest cross-border incursions of the war, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.
