Kiev: As the situation in Russia’s Kursk border area remains tense, more and more people have been urged to evacuate on Monday. Russian forces in the Kursk border area are still struggling to respond to the Ukrainian attack after nearly a week of fierce fighting. Meanwhile, Russia’s emergency officials say that more than 76,000 people have left their homes in the Kursk areas. These are the same areas where Ukrainian troops and armored vehicles crossed the border on August 6 and penetrated about 30 kilometers inside.
Ukraine’s operation is extremely confidential
After the attack, the Ukrainian army rapidly entered the city of Sudzha, about 10 kilometers across the border. They reportedly still occupy the western part of the city. Ukraine’s operation is going on with utmost secrecy. It is not yet clear whether the aim of Kiev’s army is to capture the area or raid it. Earlier, two people, including a four-year-old boy, were killed in drone and missile attacks by Russia on Kyiv overnight on Sunday.
Russia shot down Ukrainian missile
Kursk regional governor Alexei Smirnov said Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian missile that fell on a residential building, injuring 13 people. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia fired four ballistic missiles and 57 drones at Ukraine, but its air defense system shot down 53 drones. According to Ukraine’s emergency service, Russia fired several missiles at a residential area in Kyiv’s Brovary district, damaging buildings there and the bodies of a 35-year-old man and his son were recovered from the rubble. Three people were also injured in the attack.
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Kyiv City Military Administration chief Serhiy Popko said Russia had targeted the Ukrainian capital for the second time this month. Popko said the ballistic missiles fired by Russia missed the capital but hit the suburbs, while a drone aimed at the capital was shot down. Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency said a fire near Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had no impact on the plant’s safety.
