Ukraine launched a new attack on Russia’s Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
In a statement, the military said that efforts to destroy terrorist groups in Ukraine are ongoing. Ukrainian officials have also suggested that it be provided.
Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August last year, seizing a large part of the territory.
In recent months, Russian forces have made significant gains in the area, pushing back the Ukrainians, but failing to completely dislodge them.
In a statement sent to Telegram on Sunday, the Russian Ministry of Defense said: “At around 09:00 Moscow time, in order to stop the attack of Russian troops near Kursk, the enemy launched an attack with two tanks, one anti-obstacle vehicle, and 12 armored fighting vehicles.”
The head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andriy Yermak, said there was “good news from the Kursk Region” and that Russia was “getting what it deserves”.
The chief counter-disinformation officer in Ukraine Andriy Kovalenko said in a Telegram posted on Sunday: “The Russians in Kursk are facing great anxiety because they were attacked in several ways and took them by surprise.”
It’s unclear whether the offensive is big enough to lead to any significant changes in the front line.
Kyiv’s military is reportedly undermanned and has been losing ground in eastern Ukraine in recent months, as Russian forces approach.
It comes as the Ukrainian Air Force said Russia had launched another attack on Ukraine overnight.
It said it shot down 61 drones in Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyy regions.
There were no direct hits, but several houses were damaged in the Kharkiv region by the intercepted drone, the air force said.
In November, Ukraine reported that its forces engaged North Korean forces in the Kursk region.
The appearance of North Korean troops was due to a surprise attack launched by Ukrainian troops in August, reaching 18 miles (30km) of Russian territory.
Moscow has evacuated nearly 200,000 people from border areas and President Vladimir Putin has condemned the attack on Ukraine as a “huge outrage”.
Two weeks later, the Ukrainian commander-in-chief claimed control of more than 1,200 Russian territories and 93 villages.
Some of that territory was regained by Russia but Ukraine still has troops in the Kursk region.
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