Ukraine claims strike in Russia's Kursk amid reports of fresh incursion

Ukraine said it deed a drone bid portion successful the Kursk region, amid reports of caller attempts to transverse into Russia.

Sunday's onslaught connected the portion was located adjacent the Russian colony of Tyotkino, according to the Ukrainian wide staff.

Multiple Russian subject bloggers besides reported that Ukrainian forces had attempted to transverse into the village, posting images - arsenic yet unverified by the BBC - of vehicles breaking done vessel traps connected the border.

The reports travel aft Moscow claimed successful April to person regained power of the full region, 9 months aft a Ukrainian forces launched a astonishment invasion. Kyiv insists it inactive has soldiers operating crossed the border.

On Monday, Ukrainian forces fired missiles implicit the borderline and crossed minefields successful peculiar vehicles, according to the bloggers.

"The force blew up bridges with rockets astatine nighttime and launched an onslaught with armoured groups successful the morning," blogger RVvoenkor said according to Reuters quality agency.

"The excavation clearance vehicles began to marque passages successful the minefields, followed by armoured vehicles with troops. There is simply a dense conflict going connected astatine the border."

In a connection connected Monday, Ukraine said: "Nine months aft the commencement of the Kursk operation, Ukraine's Defence Forces support a subject beingness connected the territory of Russia's Kursk region."

While determination has been nary authoritative effect from Moscow, immoderate subject bloggers person besides published maps showing opposing forces attempting to transverse the borderline successful 2 places towards Tyotkino - adjacent wherever the drone bid portion that was hit.

Meanwhile, successful Sumy - astir 12km crossed the borderline from Tyotkino successful north-eastern Ukraine - section authorities urged radical to evacuated from 2 settlements, Reuters reported.

Ukraine primitively made its astonishment incursion into Kursk successful August 2024 to make a buffer portion and support Sumy and surrounding areas, portion besides hoping to usage it arsenic a bargaining spot successful aboriginal negotiations.