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Up to 13 people have been injured in a Ukrainian drone and missile attack on the Russia’s Kursk region, Moscow claimed.
Russia’s defence ministry said troops had destroyed 14 Ukraine-launched drones and four Tochka-U tactical ballistic missiles this morning.
People were injured after debris from a destroyed Ukrainian missile fell on to a nine-storey residential building, it claimed.
It comes as Volodymyr Zelensky has for the first time confirmed his forces are engaged in a major cross-border offensive into Russia’s Kursk region.
“Ukraine is proving that it truly knows how to restore justice and applies the necessary pressure on the aggressor,” he said.
The Russian region’s authorities have rushed to evacuate 76,000 civilians from areas at risk as the fighting continued into a sixth day.
The attack represents Kyiv’s largest incursion into Russian territory since the start of the war, which left southwestern parts of Russia vulnerable before reinforcement started arriving. Russia has declared a state of emergency amid fierce fighting within its borders with Ukraine.
Key Points
- 13 injured as drones and missiles launched over Kursk
- Zelensky finally speaks out on Ukraine’s military operation in Russia’s Kursk
- Russia evacuates over 76,000 in Kursk region amid Ukraine incursion
- Russia tightens security in region of Ukraine incursion as fighting continues
- Russia orders faster evacuation of civilians from Kursk
13 injured as drones and missiles launched over Kursk
Russia’s defence ministry has said air defence units destroyed 14 Ukraine-launched drones and four Tochka-U tactical ballistic missiles over the Kursk region this morning.
The Russian region borders Ukraine’s Sumy region, and is currently at the centre of fighting after Ukrainian forces invaded the area.
Kursk officials said 13 people were injured in the city after debris from a destroyed Ukrainian missile fell on to a nine-storey residential building.
Alexander Butler11 August 2024 11:38 1723371563Zelensky says Russia used North Korean missile in deadly Kyiv region strike
Russian forces likely used a North Korean missile during an overnight air strike on the Kyiv region that left a father and his four-year-old son dead, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.
“According to preliminary information, the Russians used a North Korean missile in this attack - yet another deliberate terrorist strike against Ukraine,” he wrote on social media.
“Pyrotechnic experts are still working to determine the exact data regarding this missile.”
Alexander Butler11 August 2024 11:19 1723360378Overnight attack update: Russia says it downs 14 Ukraine-launched drones, four missiles
Russia’s air defence units destroyed 14 Ukraine-launched drones and four Tochka-U tactical ballistic missiles over the Kursk region bordering Ukraine, Russia’s defence ministry claimed this morning.
At least 16 drones were downed over the Voronezh region, several hundred kilometres south of Moscow, and three drones over the border Belgorod region, it claimed. One drone each was destroyed over the Bryansk and Orlov regions, the ministry said on its Telegram channel.
Arpan Rai11 August 2024 08:12 1723355215Russia orders faster evacuation of civilians as fierce fighting grows
The acting governor of the Kursk region that borders with Ukraine and where Moscow’s forces are fighting intense battles against Kyiv’s troops today ordered a speedier evacuation of the civilian population in areas at risk.
Alexei Smirnov, the acting governor, said he had instructed the head of the Belovsky district of the region, in Kursk’s southwest, to “speed up” the implementation of the orders to evacuate.
Russia said Ukrainian forces pushed into Kursk region last Tuesday with nearly a thousand troops, and Russian military bloggers have acknowledged they made some headway, while saying the situation had since stabilised.
Arpan Rai11 August 2024 06:46 1723355160Russia evacuates over 76,000 in Kursk region over Ukraine incursion
More than 76,000 people have been evacuated from areas bordering Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region, the local emergency ministry was quoted by the Tass news agency, following Ukraine‘s incursion into the region this week.
Russia is fighting intense battles against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 20 km (12 miles) inside the Kursk region after Ukraine’s biggest attack on Russian sovereign territory since the start of the war in 2022.
Arpan Rai11 August 2024 06:46 1723354247Downed missile injures 13 in Russia’s Kursk
At least 13 people were injured in the city of Kursk after debris from a destroyed Ukraine-launched missile fell onto a nine-storey residential building, officials of the Russian border Kursk region said this morning.
Moscow’s forces are in their sixth day of intense battles against Kyiv’s largest raid into Russian territory since Russia launched a full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour, with local authorities rushing to evacuate areas at risk.
Alexei Smirnov, Kursk’s acting governor, said two of the injured were in serious condition. Residents of the building were to be evacuated to a temporary accommodation centre, Kursk Mayor Igor Kutsak said on Telegram.
He added that the whole city was under air raid alerts. Kutsak posted a photo of a residential building with blown out windows and damaged balconies.
Arpan Rai11 August 2024 06:30 1723353187Zelensky finally speaks out on Ukraine’s military operation in Russia’s Kursk
Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged for the first time last night that Ukrainian forces were fighting in the surprise offensive in Russia’s Kursk, as the border region’s authorities rushed to evacuate civilians from areas at risk.
Moscow’s forces are in their sixth day of intense battles against Kyiv’s largest incursion into Russian territory since the start of the war, which left southwestern parts of Russia vulnerable before reinforcement started arriving.
In his nightly video address, Mr Zelensky said he had discussed the operation with top Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi, vowing to restore justice after Russia launched a full-scale aggression on its smaller neighbour in February 2022.
“Today, I received several reports from commander-in-chief Syrskyi regarding the front lines and our actions to push the war onto the aggressor’s territory,” he said.
“Ukraine is proving that it can indeed restore justice and ensure the necessary pressure on the aggressor.”
In a sign of the gravity of the situation, Russia imposed a sweeping security regime in three border regions yesterday, while Belarus, a staunch ally of Moscow, sent more troops to its border with Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of violating its air space.
Arpan Rai11 August 2024 06:13 1723352438Father, 4-year-old daughter killed in Russian attack on Kyiv
A man and his 4-year-old daughter were killed and three people wounded as a result of a Russian air attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s emergency services said this morning.
A 13-year-old child was among the injured, the emergency services posted on Telegram.
Arpan Rai11 August 2024 06:00 1723352400Zelensky says Russia must be made to feel consequences of Putin’s invasion
President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested his country’s surprise attack into Russia’s Kursk was carried out to remind Vladimir Putin that there are consequences for his decision to invade Ukraine.
Mr Zelensky praised the Ukrainian army for its ability “to surprise” and achieve results, making no direct reference to the situation in the Russian border region.
“Russia brought the war to our land and should feel what it has done”, Mr Zelensky said.“Ukrainians know how to achieve their goals. And we did not choose to achieve our goals in the war,” he added.
In his address, at an event to unveil a new digital app to cut paperwork for the military, he said: “Everyone can see that the Ukrainian army knows how to surprise. And knows how to achieve results.
“This is demonstrated by the battlefield, where our soldiers not only withstood the overwhelming force of the occupiers, but also are destroying it in the way necessary to protect Ukraine - our state and independence”, he said.
Russia has claimed that at least 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers entered into its territory in Kursk, pulling off Ukraine’s largest and most audacious assault on Russian soil yet.
The Ukrainian military has not spoken about the attack in public statements, appearing to have adopted a strategy of strict silence for now on activity in Russian territory.
Salma Ouaguira11 August 2024 06:00 1723348800Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russian soil leaves Putin humiliated
Ukraine has launched one of its most successful assaults on Russia yet with a surprise cross-border attack which has left Vladimir Putin humiliated.
Nearly 1,000 troops, backed by artillery fire and tanks, have pushed miles into Russian territory, forcing residents to flee and the Russian president to call up reservists to help his forces who were caught off guard.
Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russian soil leaves Putin humiliated
Russian forces struggle to deal with assault across border and deep into the Kursk region – which military experts have described as the most significant such incursion since the Second World War
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