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On April 23, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) carried out another attack on the Russian territory. The checkpoint in the village of Tetkino in the Russian Kursk region was shelled again with mortars by Ukrainian forces deployed in the Sumy region. No casualties were reported, but the attack resulted in some material damage to civilian facilities.
“Today, mortars fired again at the border checkpoint in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region from Ukraine. As a result, the Rosselkhoznadzor premises caught fire. Our border guards and the military are keeping the situation under control. There are no wounded or dead,” the head of the Kursk region said.
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On Arpil 22, a column of Ukrainian tanks reportedly attempted to break into the Russian territory in the Belgorod region from the Ukrainian Kharkiv region.
On April 13, Ukraine shelled a border checkpoint in the Kornevsky District of the Kursk region. The governor of Kursk Oblast said that retaliatory fire was able to repel the strike and there were no casualties. On April 14, there was another incident on the border.
The Ukrainian army carries out small sorties and uses explosives as well as rockets to harm Russian military, communication facilities and civilians. Ukrainian military helicopters have also violated the Russian airspace and targeted industrial facilities in Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Defence has already warned that Russian forces would strike Ukrainian decision-making centers, including those in Kyiv, if attempts to sabotage Russian territory continue.
The Ukrainian provocations on the Russian territory have no military goals but are aimed at distraction of Russian forces and threatening of civilians.
