The command post in the Kursk region was partially occupied by the Ukrainian army already in August. They add that they have taken measures for the safety of civilians.
The Ukrainian army announced on Thursday that it launched a precision attack on the Russian command post in the village of Marjino in the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces unexpectedly invaded in August and took control of parts of the territory. TASR informs about it according to the reports of the Reuters and DPA agencies.
The Ukrainian army claims that it has taken all necessary measures to ensure that civilians are not hit during the attack. According to the statement of the Russian army, air defense neutralized four Ukrainian missiles in the Kursk region. The local governor, Alexandr Chinštejn, announced that a high-rise residential building, a school, a pharmacy and a shop in the neighboring village of Ivanovskoye were damaged in the attack. Ukrainian forces invaded the Kursk region in August and continue to occupy part of the territory. However, the Russian army claims that it managed to regain most of the lost territory, writes Reuters.
“These strikes disrupt the ability of the Russian Federation to carry out terrorist attacks against innocent Ukrainian civilians,” the Ukrainian military said on Telegram. It also released a video it said showed damage to a Russian base in Ivanovo.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses destroyed several drones on its territory near the Ukrainian border later in the day. She destroyed two drones over the Belgorod and Briansk regions, one over the Kursk region. The governor of the Oryol Region, Andrej Klychkov, said that Russian forces had neutralized four Ukrainian drones over the region, writes Reuters.
