Ukrainian troops launched a surprise offensive into Russia’s western Kursk region on Aug 6.
People evacuated from the border settlements of the Kursk region arriving at a railway station in Oryol, Russia, on Aug 9.
Around 1,000 Ukrainian troops and more than two dozen armoured vehicles and tanks were involved in the initial attack, said Moscow, though it later claimed to have destroyed many more pieces of equipment.A Russian missile strike on a supermarket and post office It said on Aug 9 it had struck Ukrainian positions on the western edge of Sudzha, a town around 8km from the border that appeared to be the focus of Kyiv’s offensive.
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