Videos showed fighter jet fly-overs and armored vehicles destroyed as pro-Putin milbloggers claimed three Russian villages were under Ukrainian control
Residents are being evacuated from Russia's Kursk region after Ukrainian forces conducted a series of cross border raids on Tuesday, with videos on social media showing scenes akin to a war zone.Alexei Smirnov, acting governor for the region said on Telegram that five civilians have been killed and 20 others have been injured as fierce clashes ensue. The situation is 'controllable', he said.Both Ukraine and Russia deny targeting civilians in the war.
Independent Russian publication iStories identified two of the men as 22-year-old Danil Kolesnikov and 21-year-old Maksim Khyamelyainen, who were reportedly captured as they attempted to cross the border into Ukraine.Kursk borders Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region.Some 90 percent of residents from Kursk's Sudzhansky District have been evacuated from four settlements, RBC Ukraine reported.
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