Moscow claimed earlier that it killed hundreds of Ukrainians deep inside the country as a result of attacks by Kyiv. Ukraine says they were Russians.
The main goal of Ukraine’s recent attacks on Russian regions is to interfere with the upcoming presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Wednesday.
The Russian Defence Ministry said Moscow’s military and security forces killed 234 fighters while thwarting the incursion. In a statement, the ministry blamed the attack on the “Kyiv regime” and “Ukraine’s terrorist formations”, insisting that the Russian military and border forces were able to stop the attackers and avert a raid.The reports were murky, and it was impossible to ascertain what was unfolding in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions.
“On the territory of the Russian Federation, they operate completely autonomously and independently,” he said. Kyiv has staged increasingly bold attacks behind the 1500-kilometre frontline running through eastern and southern Ukraine. It has also increasingly deployed sea drones in the Black Sea, where it claims to have sunk Russian warships.Kyiv’s forces are hoping for more military supplies from Ukraine’s Western partners, but are meanwhile struggling against a bigger and better-provisioned Russian army that is pressing hard at certain frontline points inside Ukraine.
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