In its war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly had to endure counterattacks on its territory. There are now suddenly many military personnel from the neighboring country in the Kursk region.
Moscow – Moscow’s Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov has put the number of Ukrainian soldiers in the Russian border area of the Kursk region at up to 1,000. At least 100 of them have now been killed and 215 injured, Gerasimov said in a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast by the Kremlin on the Telegram news channel. The Kremlin chief was informed about the situation in the Kursk region, which was attacked from neighboring Ukraine. There was no information about losses on the Russian side.
The Ukrainian advance has been stopped, said Gerasimov. “The operation will end with the defeat of the enemy and the return to the state border,” he announced. The Defense Ministry in Moscow had claimed on Tuesday that there had been no breakthrough from the Ukrainian side. Now the military has admitted that units had penetrated Russian territory.
Russian military bloggers said that the advance was continuing and that eleven towns were under enemy control. This was neither officially confirmed nor independently verifiable. According to official information, at least 3 people were killed and more than 20 injured in the fighting that has been going on since Tuesday.
According to Russian authorities, thousands of people fled the towns that were bombarded. There was initially no official statement from Kiev. In its fight against the Russian war of aggression, Ukraine has repeatedly attacked targets in the neighboring country. According to Kiev, the attacks were usually intended to disrupt military supplies from Russia. The attacked country had repeatedly stressed that it was concentrating on liberating occupied territories, but not attacking Russia. dpa
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