Russia moves troops to southern border after accusing Ukraine of attack
Ukraine’s general staff reports Russia n strikes on border villages but does not mention any Ukrainian offensive operation at the borderA Ukraine soldier using a periscope to spot Russia n positions from a fortified trench in the southern Donetsk region. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/The New York Timeson Tuesday of mounting an attack on its southern border and said it had moved in reserves to help repel hundreds of fighters backed by tanks.
It said Russia was using warplanes to strike Ukrainian armoured vehicles, and had moved its own reserves into the area of the fighting.Five days in Estonia: Saunas, bears, wolves, and an extraordinary experience I will never forgetLiquidators of Kremlin-owned GTLK firms aim to sell 17 planes by early 2025
Moscow said up to 300 Ukrainian fighters, backed by tanks, had taken part in the reported attack on Tuesday against Russian border units in Nikolayevo-Daryino and Oleshnya, two settlements in Russia’s Kursk region. Reuters could not independently verify battlefield accounts. Ukraine’s main military effort is focused on fighting back Russian forces who control nearly a fifth of its territory after almost 2½ years of all-out war and have made a series of gradual gains in the past six months.
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