Stunned residents in the Kursk region have appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for help after the lightning advance.
Ukrainian forces are pushing further into the Kursk region of Russia, in a cross-border incursion that surprised even American officials, multiple US and Ukrainian officials say.
Russia claimed on Thursday to have halted a Ukrainian incursion into its territory, but later said that some battles are ongoing in the Kursk region. "These lies enable the local residents to die. The Chief of the General staff recently told you that the situation is under control, but today huge furious battles are underway in the Sudzhansky and Korenevsky districts," one of the residents said.This image from the Russian Defence Ministry shows artillery bombardment of Ukrainian positions.
A mobile hospital with 100 beds to provide care to the wounded has been deployed by the Federal Medical and Biological Agency in the Kursk region since Wednesday, Russian state media TASS reported citing agency's press service.People in the region have complained that there was no organised evacuation, that the Ukrainian incursion caught them by surprise, and that they left their homes without belongings and documents in the middle of the night.
The extent of the attack, including whether Ukrainian troops took over any settlements or caused damage to any strategic targets, remains unclear. The Russian Defence Ministry said "attempts by individual units to break through deep into the territory in the Kursk direction are being thwarted."
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