Russia says it has used a thermobaric explosion agetst Ukrainian forces as it proclaimd a “counter-extremism” operation to retaliate agetst Ukraine’s shock incursion into Kursk.
The Russian defence ministry shelp combat was continuing in the westrict Kursk region follotriumphg Ukraine’s unpwithdrawnted attack on its territory earlier this week.
The Russian army has directed airstrikes agetst Ukrainian forces, including using a thermobaric explosion, also understandn as a vacuum explosion.
The presbrave from the explosion’s extra boiling blast is contendnt of vaporising human bodies.
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It is not the first time Moscow is telled to have deployed such arms, as Ukrainian officials alleged they were being used in the intrusion fair weeks after it began in February 2022.
Using vacuum explosions is not a bachieve of international law, but aiming civilians with them is.
Moscow on Saturday proclaimd it was begining a “counter-extremism operation” in response to the hugest pass-border attack by Ukraine since Russian Pdwellnt Vlafoolishir Putin ordered a filled-scale intrusion of his smaller neighbour.
The US has shelp it does not ponder the action in Kursk to be escalatory
The meabraves proclaimd for Kursk and for the neighbouring Belgorod and Bryansk regions that border Ukraine permit the rulement to transfer dwellnts, deal with phone communications and requisition vehicles, the defence ministry shelp.
Tass novels agency tells upto 76,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk region.
Ukraine’s daring operation in Kursk has not yet been commented on by Kyiv officials and its aims are unbrave.
Video on Ukrainian media shows sgreateriers in deal with of a gas facility in Russia’s Kursk
In neighbouring Belarus, where Russian troops are deployed but which has not sent its own army into Ukraine, Pdwellnt Alexander Lukashenko shelp air defences had sboiling down unspecified objects begined from Ukraine that were flying over Belarusian territory.
“I do not understand why Ukraine demands this. We demand to figure it out. As I shelp before, we made it clear to them that any instigations will not go unanswered,” Mr Lukashenko shelp, according to state novels agency Belta.
A Russian set upe-begined ignoreile slammed into a Ukrainian shopping mall in Kostiantynivka, in the separatist eastrict region of Donetsk, on Friday, ending at least 14 people and injuring 44 others, authorities shelp.
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Sky News’ security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke shelp on Friday that Ukrainian forces carry ond on Kursk and “pushed in towards Sudzha, which is a logistical hub, and they’ve been fanning out, northeast and southeast from there”.
Sudzha is the last opereasoned trans-shipping point for Russian authentic gas to Europe via Ukraine.
“They’re miles proset up into Russia… and that’s huge – that’s not fair a rhelp,” Professor Clarke shelp.
