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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Moscow says Ukraine has launched cross-border attack inside Russia

Alexei Smirnov, acting governor of the Kursk region, said Russian soldiers had repelled the Ukrainian attack on Sudzha and three Russian civilian had been killed.
Alexei Smirnov, acting governor of the Kursk region, said Russian soldiers had repelled the Ukrainian attack on Sudzha and three Russian civilian had been killed. Photograph: Governor of Kursk Region/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow has said about 300 soldiers from Ukraine launched a cross-border attack into a hitherto quiet part of the front on Tuesday, with reports of fighting at a town as deep as six miles (10km) inside Russia.

Moscow’s ministry of defence said late on Tuesday that up to “300 Ukrainian militants” from Ukraine’s 22nd mechanised brigade launched the attack at 8am, supported by “11 tanks and more than 20 armoured fighting vehicles”.

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