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Russia says it fired glide bombs at Ukrainian troops in Kursk region

Source : The Economic Times

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on August 21, 2024, glide bombs released by a Russian warplane are seen en route to targets amid an incursion by Ukrainian forces into Russia's Kursk region.


                                                       

Russian glide bombs have struck a concentration of Ukrainian troops near the border of Russia’s western Kursk region, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday.

It said the attack was directed against “a strongpoint and concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel”, and the bombs were delivered by a Russian Su-34 warplane.

Reuters could not independently verify the strike, and the defence ministry’s brief statement did not give any details on the impact.

Ukraine caught Moscow by surprise on Aug. 6 by bursting across the border into the Kursk region, in the first invasion of Russian sovereign territory since World War Two.

Russia has been trying for more than two months to eject the Ukrainian forces. Earlier on Sunday, the defence ministry in Moscow said it was pursuing offensive operations at several dozen locations in the region.

As of early September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his forces controlled more than 1,300 sq km of Kursk, including 100 settlements. On Saturday he said Russian forces had tried to oust Ukrainian troops “but we are holding the designated lines”. Russia said its forces had taken back several villages last week. The outcome of the fighting in Kursk could have a significant impact on the course of the war that began in 2022.

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