Ukraine is preparing for more Russian attacks in response. Cross-border penetration Authorities said the Kursk region was being bombed as Russia moved in reinforcements, including additional troops, tanks, artillery and missile systems.
Russia on Saturday took “anti-terrorist measures” in three regions bordering Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported, citing authorities.
The Russian news agency reported that the measures taken by the National Anti-Terrorism Committee in Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk include the possible evacuation of residents, restrictions on transportation in specific areas, and increased security around sensitive sites and monitoring of telephone and other communications.
The statement said the decision by Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), came in response to “Ukraine's unprecedented attempt to destabilize the situation in a series of regions.”
Ukraine launched a surprise offensive in Kursk on the third day, the most significant cross-border attack since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
The Russian Defense Ministry said more troops and ammunition were being sent to the border area near Kursk ahead of a possible counterattack, as the Ukrainian advance at Kursk appeared to have caught Russia by surprise.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the attack a “large-scale provocation” by Ukraine, and the head of the military state, Valery Gerasimov, promised a scandal.
The Russian authorities announced “federal level” State of emergency M Kursk.
In Sextafera, a Russian missile hits the mother supermarket In the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, in the Donetsk front-line area, at least 14 people were killed and 43 others were injured, according to Ukrainian authorities.
“Russian terrorists will attack a joint supermarket and a postal agency. Do not throw people over the rubble,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Kostyantynivka is located about 13 km from the active fighting line in eastern Ukraine.
“No situation on the battlefield could justify attacking civilians,” Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said in a statement, while regional governor Vadym Vilashkin said a Kh-38 surface-to-air missile was used in the attack.
There was no immediate comment from Russia, which deliberately denied civility.
Meanwhile, volunteers in the Sumy region of northern Ukraine are evacuating dozens of residents and their valuable animals, in anticipation of further Russian attacks.
Sumy Governor Volodymyr Artyukh ordered the evacuation of 28 villages in a 10-kilometer (six-mile) area along the border. National police said on the sixth day that 20,000 people were missing.
