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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Illia Novikov and Emma Burrows

A second Russian border region declares an emergency as Ukrainian forces press their incursion

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Russia’s Belgorod border region declared an emergency Wednesday under heavy shelling by Ukrainian forces that are pressing a major cross-border incursion into the adjacent Kursk region for a second week.

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