Ukraine was blamed by Russia for instituting an assault on its southern frontier on Tuesday. The charge led to Russia deploying reserves to counter numerous combatants, underpinned by tank divisions. Despite a claim from a Russian region’s governor that the adversaries had been rebuffed, the Ministry of Defence later indicated that conflict was persisting.
It was stated that Russian border forces, in conjunction with the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) units, were warding off assaults and delivering counterfire on the rivals at the state frontier and on reserves in Ukraine’s Sumy region. Russia was reported to be utilising jets to strike Ukrainian armoured vehicles, whilst shifting its own reserves to the area of combat.
Disputing Russia’s allegations, Ukraine’s general staff, during a standard Tuesday briefing, documented Russian assaults on border settlements but omitted to refer to any Ukrainian hostile actions at the border. According to Moscow, as many as 300 Ukrainian fighters, reinforced by tanks, participated in the alleged Tuesday offensive on Russian border contingents in Nikolayevo-Daryino and Oleshnya, both located in Russia’s Kursk area. Reuters was unable to independently affirm these battlefield narratives.
The FSB, cited by Russian news outlets, claimed that Russian forces had responded to an armed “incitement” by Ukraine. Meanwhile, Alexei Smirnov, the acting governor of the Kursk region, informed that a Ukrainian onslaught had been resisted by Russian troops and FSB forces, but the border circumstances remained “challenging”. Through a string of social media updates, Mr Smirnov revealed that two Russian civilians had been slain—one by artillery fire and another due to a drone—with an additional eighteen wounded.
Ukrainian military strategies have primarily targeted the Russian forces that have grasped almost one-fifth of Ukraine’s land following 2.5 years of relentless conflict, making steady advances over the recent six months.
Ukrainian operations within the borders of Russia have routinely involved bombing border areas and employing drones to target facilities like oil refineries and fuel storage sites.
The Kharkiv governor revealed on Tuesday that a missile strike from Russia, targeted at the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine’s northeast, resulted in damaging a healthcare clinic, causing injury to at least five individuals. The governor, Oleh Syniehubov, stated via the Telegram platform that the Russian military deployed an Iskander ballistic missile during the morning assault, which also damaged a multitude of residential and administrative buildings, as well as numerous cars.
Reports from local agencies suggested that a fire was caused due to Russia’s attack on the heart of the city of Kharkiv.
Since Russia started its comprehensive invasion plan for Ukraine in February 2022, the city of Kharkiv, located less than 30km away from the Russian border, has been subjected to persistent beating by Russia’s military troops. – Reuters
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