Ukraine has launched one of the largest drone attacks on Russia as Kyiv’s forces are facing increased resistance in their attempt to push further into Russian territory, nine days into their daring cross-border incursion.
Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that Ukraine had launched 117 drones, as well as missiles, not only in the Kursk region, but also in the regions of Voronezh, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod. The attack is one of the largest recorded since Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the rate at which Ukraine is seizing territory in the Kursk region appears to have slowed. Ukraine’s top general, Oleksandr Syrsky, said on Monday that Ukrainian forces hold 1,000 sq km of Russian territory. But 24 hours later, he said that they had occupied just a further 40 sq km.