'The situation in the Kursk region remains difficult,' acting regional governor, Alexei Smirnov, said.
Russian forces have reportedly fired on their own armored vehicles close to major battles in the Kursk region, as Ukraine's surprise incursion yields further gains into Russia.Footage shared by Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to Ukraine's interior ministry, and open-source intelligence accounts, purportedly shows a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter attacking a column of Russian armored vehicles close to the Kursk border town of Sudzha.
A second Russian region, Belgorod, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday. Belgorod is also on the border with Ukraine, southeast of Kursk.'The situation in the Kursk region remains difficult,' acting regional governor, Alexei Smirnov, said on Wednesday.One Ukrainian soldier in the Sumy region overlooking Kursk told the BBC that, when Ukraine's troops crossed over the border, 'almost immediately they reached the western outskirts' of Sudzha.
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