The Ukrainian military has launched a new offensive in the Kursk region of Russia as Moscow’s forces continue to push deep inside eastern Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed in a statement on Sunday that Ukrainian forces launched new attacks amid their incursion into Russia that began with a surprise assault in August.
Andriy Kovalenko, a senior official of the Ukraine Security and Defense Council, gave the impression of verifying the operation in a telegram post.
“In the Kursk region, the Russians are deeply worried. They were attacked on several fronts, that they, “he said.
Andriy Yermak, head of the Board of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reported that the attack had succeeded.
“Kursk region, good news, Russia is getting what it deserves,” he wrote on Sunday.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that a Ukrainian counterattack began Sunday morning, which included two tanks, a barrier vehicle and 12 armored combat cars with infantry men who were heading towards the Russian Agreement of Berdin.
Most of them were destroyed, according to the Ministry, which also published aerial photographs of what a drone loaded with explosives said taking out a self -propelled artillery unit from the Ukraine Armed Forces in Kursk.
The ministry said they killed 340 members of Ukraine’s armed forces over the course of the day.
The Russian military says Ukraine has lost more than 49,000 infantrymen in Kursk since it began its offensive in August, as well as 273 tanks, 44 rocket release systems and loads of other cars and ammunition.
Ukraine claims Russia lost 430,000 soldiers in 2024, and that North Korean soldiers brought to Kursk have recently taken heavy casualties on the front lines of the Russian territory.
Russian forces have been gradually pushing back Ukrainian soldiers out of seized areas in Kursk, but they have not been able to fully repel the offensive.
Zelenskyy said that the territory held in Kursk can play an abundant role in long -term “peace” conversations. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is in a position for conversations, but continues in a position to continue the war for a longer time.
Russian forces also continue to press deep into Ukrainian territory, after vital spaces resumed in the eastern component of the country.
When progressing at an acceleration rate in recent months, they continue to take the Ukravsk Ukrainian city in Oblast Donetsk.
Moscow promised retaliation on Saturday after the Ukrainian military used more ATACMS missiles provided to it by the United States.