The strike took place in the town of Soudja, capital of the area that Ukrainian troops have occupied since August in the Kursk region, bordering Ukraine.
Ukraine, which has been fighting the Russian invasion for three years, launched a surprise offensive in the Kursk region in August 2024, the first occupation of Russian territory by a foreign army since the Second World War.
kyiv’s forces still control several hundred square kilometers there.
According to Mr. Dmytrachkivsky, around 2,000 Russian civilians are in this area. Several dozen of them were killed in Russian bombings, according to the same source.
-Russia is desperate to retake the area of its Kursk region under Ukrainian control, which kyiv is keen to keep for possible peace negotiations.
kyiv, Seoul and Washington say that Russia has also deployed thousands of North Korean soldiers sent by Pyongyang to reinforce the Russian army in the Kursk region since the end of 2024.
