Kiev, Ukraine (AP) – Russia has pushed Ukrainian troops from one of the last remaining footholds in Russia’s Kursk region, officials said.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the forces controlled the village of Oleshnia, located on the border with Ukraine.
“Units of the ‘northern’ military groups have released the village of Oleshnya in the Kursk region during an aggressive attack operation,” the ministry said in a statement. The Associated Press was unable to verify the claim immediately and there was no immediate response from Ukrainian officials.
According to the Russian state news agency TASS, Russia is still fighting to drive Ukrainian troops out of Gornar village, about seven miles (11 kilometers) south of Oleshnia.
“The Russian army is ousting Ukrainian troops from Gornar in order to fully liberate the Kursk region. A fierce battle is underway in reconciliation,” the agency cited Russian security agencies.
Russian and North Korean soldiers had little robbed Kiev from Kiev by seizing most of the area where Ukrainian forces carried out a surprising invasion last year.
In other developments, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia had fired 87 explosive drones and decoys in the wave of its latest attacks up to Saturday. Of these, 33 were intercepted, another 36 was lost and probably jammed electronically.
Ukrainian provincial emergency services said on Saturday that Russia destroyed farms in the Odesa region and sparked a fire in the Smie region overnight. The fire was contained and no victims were reported.
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said the air defense system fired down two Ukrainian drones overnight on Saturday.
