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Russian official: Ukrainian troops attacked Kursk Oblast, injuring 24 people

2024-08-07

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According to a report by TASS on the 7th, Russian Assistant Minister of Health Kuznetsov told the media that day that the Ukrainian armed forces' attack on Kursk Oblast on the 6th had injured 24 people, including 6 children.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said in a radio program on the 7th that the Ukrainian army's attack on Kursk Oblast "was another terrorist attack against civilians."

At present, Ukraine has not made an official response to the attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast.

The Russian Federal Security Service announced on the 6th that the Ukrainian army launched an armed invasion of villages in Kursk Oblast that morning. The acting governor of Kursk Oblast, Smirnov, posted on social media that the Russian border guards were fighting against the Ukrainian troops who invaded the state.

The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a notice on the 6th saying that at 8 a.m. Moscow time that day, nearly 300 armed personnel from the 22nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, supported by 11 tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles, launched an attack on the border defense positions deployed by the Russian Army near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Kursk Oblast. The Russian Army launched attacks on the Ukrainian Army entering the border area and the Ukrainian Army in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, destroying some Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles.