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Ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, the Russian defence ministry says.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the military said efforts to destroy the Ukrainian attack groups were ongoing. Officials in Ukraine have also suggested an operation is under way.<\/p>\n
Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August last year, seizing a chunk of territory.<\/p>\n
In recent months, Russian forces have made big gains in the area, pushing the Ukrainians back, but failing to eject them entirely. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In a statement posted on Telegram on Sunday, Russia’s defence ministry said: “At around 9am Moscow time, in order to stop the offensive by the Russian troops in the Kursk direction, the enemy launched a counter-attack by an assault detachment consisting of two tanks, one counter-obstacle vehicle, and 12 armoured fighting vehicles.”<\/p>\n
Several Russian military bloggers gave more details about the attack, saying it was launched from the Ukrainians’ base at Sudzha towards the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye, a district centre on the way to Kursk city.<\/p>\n
The head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andriy Yermak, said there “was good news from Kursk Region” and that Russia was “getting what it deserves”.<\/p>\n