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Russia said on the 7th local time that Ukraine launched a large-scale attack on the Kursk region in southern Russia, and the two sides engaged in fierce fighting. This is one of the largest offensives launched by the Ukrainian army into Russia since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in February 2022.

Houses damaged in Kursk region

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that on the 6th, the Ukrainian army dispatched nearly 300 people, with the support of 11 tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles, launched an attack on the positions of the Kursk State border defense forces. The fighting lasted until the early morning of the 7th.

A Russian Telegram channel released a video of a house being shelled by the Ukrainian army. Alexei Smirnov, acting governor of Kursk Oblast, said a Ukrainian drone hit an ambulance outside the city, killing five people in the battle, including two paramedics, and injuring at least 20. Alexei said thousands of people had left the area in the past 24 hours.

Speaking to members of the Russian government about the attack in Kursk Oblast, Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incursion as a "massive provocation" and that Ukrainian forces were "indiscriminately shooting at civilian buildings, residential buildings and ambulances using a variety of weapons, including missiles."