According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukraine has launched a new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region.
Efforts are underway to destroy the Ukrainian attack group, the ministry said in a statement. Ukrainian officials also indicated that an operation was underway.
Ukraine first launched an invasion of Russia’s Kursk region in August last year, seizing part of the territory.
In recent months, Russian forces have made significant advances in the region, pushing back Ukrainians but not completely eliminating them.
“At around 9:00 a.m. Moscow time, the enemy launched a counterattack by a two-armed assault detachment to stop the Russian attack in the direction of Kursk,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement published on Sunday’s Telegram. said. Tanks, 1 anti-obstruction vehicle and 12 armored fighting vehicles. ”
Several Russian military bloggers further elaborated on the attack, saying it was carried out from the Ukrainian military base in Suzha to the village of Bolshoye Soldatskoye, a district center on the way to the village of Berdin and the city of Kursk.
Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine’s presidential administration, said there was “good news from the Kursk region” and that Russia was “getting what it deserves.”
“The Russians in Kursk are under attack from many directions, which is a surprise to them, so they are very worried,” Andriy Kovalenko, Ukraine’s top anti-disinformation official, said in a Telegram post on Sunday. ” he said.
It is unclear whether this attack will be large enough to cause significant changes on the front lines.
Russian blogger Yuri Podolyaka said the operation could have been a diversion, but another, Alexander Kots, did not rule out the possibility that the main attack could be launched elsewhere. Ta.
Kiev’s military is reportedly suffering from manpower shortages and has been outnumbered in eastern Ukraine in recent months as Russian forces advance.
This comes after the Ukrainian Air Force announced that Russia had launched another drone attack on Ukraine overnight.
It announced that it had shot down 61 drones over the Kiev, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomir and Khmelnytsky regions.
According to the Air Force, there were no direct hits, but several houses were damaged in Kharkiv Oblast by the intercepted drone.
In November, Ukraine reported that its forces engaged in fighting with North Korean forces in the Kursk region.
The appearance of North Korean soldiers came in response to a surprise attack in August in which Ukrainian troops crossed the border and advanced up to 18 miles (30 kilometers) into Russian territory.
Moscow evacuated around 200,000 people from areas along the border, and President Vladimir Putin denounced the Ukrainian attack as a “grave provocation.”
Two weeks later, Ukraine’s top commander claimed control of more than 1,200 square kilometers of Russian territory and 93 villages.
Part of its territory was taken back by Russia.
