2023-07-05 06:37:00
The Russian regions of Kursk and Belgorod were shelled by Ukrainian forces on Wednesday morning, according to their governors. According to current information, there were no victims in the attacks from across the state border. “The city of Valuyki is under fire from Ukrainian forces,” Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on the news app Telegram.
He left open whether it was rocket or artillery fire or some other form of attack. “The air defense system worked, but there is destruction on the ground.” The governor of the Kursk region north of Belgorod, Roman Starovoyt, said a fire had broken out in the village of Tyotkino. A school and a private home were damaged. Starovojt did not comment on the nature of the attack.
In recent months, explosions and attacks on Russian regions bordering Ukraine have occurred almost daily. The Russian side blames the Ukrainian troops or pro-Ukrainian saboteurs. The Ukrainian leadership almost never publicly comments on attacks on Russian or Russian-controlled Ukrainian territory. Both warring parties deny that they are targeting civilian targets. The fighting in the war that Russia started at the end of February 2022 cannot be independently checked.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are making daily advances in the areas outside of Bakhmut, despite fierce Russian resistance, according to Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Hanna Malyar. “In the north, to be honest, there is heavy fighting and no advance so far,” Maljar said on state television. The Russians were strengthening their troops in the south and east and were advancing further north near Lyman and Swatowe.
The Ukrainian military reported on the short message service Telegram that Ukrainian forces had “destroyed” a formation of Russian forces in Makijvka in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region with targeted fire. The head of the region’s separatist administration, Denis Puschilin, announced on his Telegram channel that residential areas and a hospital had been hit in the attack. A man was killed and 36 people injured, including a baby and a seven-year-old boy. The statements of both sides could not be verified by Archyde.com.
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