The Russian Defense Ministry says it has driven back saboteurs from the Kursk region. However, the governor of the region says the fighting continues

The Russian Defense Ministry says it has driven back saboteurs from the Kursk region. However, the governor of the region says the fighting continues

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The Russian Defense Ministry announced the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kursk region after a short battle. However, the acting governor of the region reports ongoing fighting in the border areas.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which allegedly launched an offensive in the Kursk region today, retreated to Ukraine after brief fighting. However, the acting governor of the Kursk region said that fighting continues in the region. This was reported by UNN .

Details

For example, today the Russians showed a video that was allegedly filmed in the Kursk region. The footage shows strikes on military equipment. The Russians themselves claim that the footage shows the liquidation of a group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which allegedly entered the territory of the Kursk region with a fight today. 

Having suffered significant losses, the remnants of the subversive group retreated to the territory of Ukraine, where they continue to be shelled

- the Russian Defense Ministry said. 

However, the acting governor of the Kursk region, Andrey Smirnov, is apparently unaware of the saboteurs' withdrawal. According to him, as of the evening of July 6, fighting continued in the border areas of the region.

Fighting continues on the border in the Suzhansky and Korenovsky districts of the Kursk region. Artillery and aviation strikes at the enemy

- Smirnov said. 

Recall

In the evening of August 6, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a "breakthrough" of the border in the Kursk region by the 22nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, supported by allegedly 11 tanks and more than 20 armored combat vehicles and a mountain of equipment "destroyed" by them.