Kiev: After two and a half years of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Ukrainian army is now suddenly dominating Russia. The infiltration of Ukrainian soldiers into Russia has caused panic in the Kremlin camp. In the latest incident, an emergency was declared today due to heavy shelling by the Ukrainian army in Russia’s Belgorod border region. The Ukrainian army has been trying to infiltrate across the border in the adjacent Kursk region for the second consecutive week. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that his country has no intention of occupying Russian territory. At the same time, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov described the situation in the region as “extremely difficult and tense” as homes have been destroyed and civilians have suffered casualties in the attacks.
He said on his Telegram channel that children in particular are being moved to safer places. Gladkov said that about 5,000 children are in camps in safe areas. He said yesterday that about 11,000 people have fled their homes, of which about 1,000 are living in temporary accommodation centers. Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russian soil, which began on August 6, has shaken the Kremlin. Military analysts say Ukraine’s Kursk operation is the largest attack on Russia since World War II and may involve more than 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers equipped with armored vehicles and artillery.
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A state of emergency was declared in Kursk last Saturday. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement issued on Tuesday that Russian troops, aircraft, drones, etc. prevented Ukrainian armored vehicles from advancing deep into Russia near the Kursk settlements of Obshchi Kolodez, Snagost, Kauchuk and Alekseyevsky. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhiy Tekhyi said the cross-border operation aims to protect Ukrainian territory from long-range attacks launched from Kursk. According to local media, Tekhayi said, “Ukraine has no interest in occupying the Kursk region. We just want to protect the lives of our people.” Ukraine made this claim The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry claimed that Russia has carried out more than two thousand attacks from the Kursk region in recent months with anti-aircraft missiles, cannons, mortars, drones, 255 glide bombs and more than 100 missiles. Ukrainian army commander Oleksandr Sirsky said in a video posted for President Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday that Ukraine now occupies 74 settlements in the Kursk region. He said that the Ukrainian army is constantly advancing and in the last 24 hours it has gained control of 40 square kilometers (15 square miles) of area.
