Russia struggles to repel Ukraine's deep Kursk incursion

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9-08-2024, 20:39

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Russia's military has said it is "continuing to repel" a Ukrainian cross-border incursion into the western Kursk region - a surprise attack now in its fourth day.
The Russian defence ministry said Ukraine lost more than 280 military personnel in the past 24 hours - a claim that has not been independently verified.
Reports suggest that Ukrainian troops are operating more than 10km (six miles) inside Russia - the deepest cross-border advance by Kyiv since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Ukraine has not openly admitted the incursion, but President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Moscow must "feel" the consequences for its invasion.
Meanwhile, at least 14 people have been killed and 43 injured in a Russian strike on a shopping centre in the Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka, close to the frontline in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials say.