Russian President Putin Makes First Go to To Kursk Since Ukrainian Incursion
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday visited the border area of Kursk, marking his first look there since Russian forces ejected Ukrainian troops from the realm final month, Al Jazeera reported, citing the Kremlin assertion. This go to comes after a minimum of six servicemen had been killed in Ukraine and 10 others wounded in a missile assault on Tuesday, Ukraine’s nationwide guard mentioned on Wednesday.
“An inside investigation into the incident is underway. The commander of the army unit has been suspended, and the mandatory info has been handed on to legislation enforcement companies,” Ukraine’s nationwide guard mentioned in an announcement. Notably, Ukrainian forces launched a daring incursion into Kursk in August 2024, claiming almost 1,400 sq. kilometres (540 sq. miles) of Kursk – the primary time since World Warfare II that Russia has been invaded.
As per Al Jazeera, Russia has largely had the benefit on the battlefield for the reason that finish of 2023, apart from Kursk. Russia mentioned in late April that it had ejected Ukrainian troops from the area. The Kremlin mentioned on Wednesday that in his go to, Putin met with native volunteer organisations in Kursk and inspected a nuclear energy plant within the area.
In accordance with Al Jazeera, he was accompanied by Sergei Kiriyenko, the Kremlin’s first deputy chief of workers, and performing governor Alexander Khinshtein.
In the meantime, Ukraine’s Sumy border area has come below intensifying assaults in latest months. Russia’s defence ministry had on Tuesday night mentioned it had launched a ballistic missile assault on the Ukrainian web site.
“Throughout reconnaissance actions … a coaching camp” for Ukrainian particular forces was “detected,” it mentioned in a social media submit. “Based mostly on the acquired coordinates, an Iskander missile strike was launched.”
Russia additionally printed footage displaying the hit on what it mentioned was a coaching camp in a wooded space. Aerial footage confirmed one strike, sparking a big hearth and sending a plume of thick black smoke billowing into the air.
In the meantime, Russia mentioned it intercepted 159 drones launched by Ukraine over 12 hours, focusing on a number of Russian areas, together with Moscow, the army mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday. The drones largely focused Russian areas bordering Ukraine and had been launched on Tuesday night time and Wednesday morning, mentioned a defence ministry assertion.
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian army mentioned it had struck a semiconductor gadget plant in a drone assault on Russia’s Oryol area.
