Ukraine says Russian forces storming border from Kursk
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Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region in August 2024
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KYIV - Russian infantry are storming the Ukrainian border from the Russian region of Kursk, near areas of the region that are controlled by Ukrainian forces, Kyiv said on Feb 28.
Ukraine said that for the moment, the offensive has been contained.
Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Kursk region
The Kremlin has deployed a significant force including North Korean troops
A Ukrainian government agency aimed at countering disinformation said Russian infantry were launching attacks at the Ukrainian border near the town of Novenke, highlighting the increasingly difficult fight facing Ukraine.
“The Defence Forces are destroying the enemy. At the moment, there has been no breakthrough and the fighting continues,” its statement said.
The Ukrainian army, meanwhile, said it had destroyed ammunition storage near the occupied town of Selydove in the eastern Donetsk region.
The Kremlin claimed to have annexed the Donetsk region in late 2022 and fully capturing the industrial territory remains its top military priority.
The authorities in the region said three people had been killed and two more wounded in separate attacks in the industrial region.
“Two men aged 61 and 62, who were riding bicycles, sustained fatal injuries,” prosecutors said of a strike in the town of Lyman.
Another civilian was killed by Russian artillery fire in Myrnograd, they said, identifying the victim as a 53-year-old.
The Ukrainian authorities have been urging civilians to evacuate from Donetsk for almost three years.
Separately, the Ukrainian military said its drones had struck a Russian oil refinery in the eastern Russian region of Krasnodar.
Russian forces launched 208 drones, including Iranian designed Shahed-type attack unmanned aerial vehicles, at targets across the country, the Ukrainian air force said. AFP
