I announced Moscow Ukraine launched an attack using armored vehicles on the Kursk region in southern Russia, but Russian forces repelled the attack. The interim governor of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, said the attack killed five people, including two ambulance crew members, and wounded at least 20 others, including six children.
The ministry stated that Ukraine Air strikes continue on the Kursk border region, with Russian defense systems said to have destroyed four drones overnight.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Ukrainian attack on the Kursk region is a terrorist act targeting civilians.
The Russian Defense Ministry has sent reserve forces to support the confrontation with hundreds of Ukrainian fighters backed by tanks in a ground incursion that is considered the largest inside Russian territory since the beginning of the war that has been ongoing for more than two years.
The ministry also said in a statement that Ukrainian forces had come under artillery fire and airstrikes from the Russian military. The region's acting governor, Alexei Smirnov, said on Telegram that the situation was “under control.”
Smirnov stressed that all emergency services are on “high alert” and called on residents to donate blood to replenish the available supply.
Meanwhile, Russian officials reported that five people, including two ambulance crew members, were killed in the fighting that erupted on Tuesday, and 20 others were injured, including six children.
Despite evidence of military operations on the Ukrainian side, Kiev has not issued any official comment on the events.
Earlier this year, volunteer paramilitary groups carried out incursions into areas Belgorod Kursk, but the purpose of these attacks remains unclear.
Russian drones shot down
For its part, the Ukrainian Air Force reported – via a statement on Telegram – that it was able to shoot down all 30 drones launched by Russia last night, over 7 different regions.
The governor of the Mykolaiv region in southern Ukraine said the air force shot down 14 drones in the area, and that two fires that broke out as a result of the attack had been extinguished, with no reports of casualties.
For his part, the governor of the Khmelnytskyi region confirmed that the Ukrainian army shot down 4 other drones over the region, but the debris damaged storage facilities and a workshop in one of the industrial facilities.
Four drones were also shot down over the Cherkasy and Vinnytsia regions in central Ukraine, with no reports from local authorities of material or human losses.
The regional authorities reported that Kyiv That the air defenses dealt with the targets this morning, Wednesday, but there are no details about the results of the attack.
In another context, the Ukrainian military authorities reported that they destroyed a Russian ballistic missile, two drones and a helicopter in the Sumy region last night.
