The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it has sent more artillery to Russian forces fighting against Ukrainian troops in Kursk region, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
"The (army) group has been supplied with more rockets and artillery," said in a statement from the Ministry of Supplies for the military units in the border areas. On August 6, Ukrainian units consisting of thousands of soldiers entered the territory of Russia in the Kursk region.
Last night, Russia carried out several air strikes with missiles and drones over northern and eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian army announced today. The Ukrainian Air Defense (Air Defense) managed to shoot down most of them before they reached their targets in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, the “Telegram“ the Ukrainian Air Force.
According to them, Russia attacked with ballistic missiles “Iskander-M“ and “Iskander-K“, as well as six guided missiles. There is no information on how many of them were taken down. Russian forces have also carried out nine drone attacks, of which the Ukrainian Air Defense has shot down eight over Mykolaiv Oblast.
Oleg Sinegubov, the regional governor of the Kharkiv region, wrote in "Telegram" that seven people were injured in the Russian attacks, including a 4-year-old child. The mayor of Kharkiv, Igor Terekhov, announced that at least two houses were destroyed in the city and another 10 residential buildings and a gas pipeline were damaged.