06:38: Fighting in the Belgorod and Kursk regions
Russia is currently facing a vast Ukrainian counter-offensive and denounces a “considerable increase” in Ukrainian fire on several Russian border regions, including those of Belgorod and Kursk.
Two lines of defense have been built in the Kursk region to deal with a possible attack by Ukrainian forces, the region’s governor, Roman Starovoit, announced on Sunday. “We are ready to face any attack on our territory,” he said.
The governor of the Belgorod region, where two people were killed on Saturday by Ukrainian strikes according to local authorities, also announced the same day the start of the construction of a line of defense.