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:: Date: August 11, 2024
:: Zelenskiy says Russian strikes from the
Kursk region deserved a "fair response"
:: Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy
"Only from the beginning of this summer and only from the Kursk region, our Sumy region suffered almost 2,000 strikes. Artillery, mortars, drones. We also monitor every missile strike. And each such strike deserves a fair response."
:: Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy
"One of the North Korean missiles today, unfortunately, killed two people in Kyiv region - a father and son. The boy was 4 years old. My condolences to their friends and family. Three more people were wounded. They received appropriate treatment. Our experts have determined precisely what kind of missile it was and we know exactly from what region on Russian territory the launch took place."
:: Russian Ministry of Emergencies Handout
:: Kursk, Russia
:: Russia's defense ministry said Ukraine's ground
incursion is 'barbaric' and makes no military sense
Moscow's forces on Sunday were in their sixth day of intense battle against Kyiv's largest incursion into Russian territory since the start of the war, which left southwestern parts of Russia vulnerable before reinforcement started arriving.
Russian authorities rushed to evacuate residents and imposed a sweeping security regime in three border regions on Saturday, after the attack which military analysts say caught the Kremlin off-guard. Belarus, a staunch ally of Moscow, alsosent more troops to its border with Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of violating its air space.
Russia's defense ministry said on Sunday it had destroyed 14 Ukrainian drones and four Tochka-U tactical ballistic missiles overnight over the Kursk region, and 18 drones over other Russian regions that Ukraine frequently attacks.
In a statement, it called the ground incursion "barbaric" and said it made no military sense.
