Russia's invasion of Ukraine began 900 days ago. At least 13 people were wounded in the western Russian city of Kursk by debris from a destroyed missile fired by Ukrainian forces, Reuters reports, citing local authorities. The Russians, in turn, shelled Kiev. Here's what happened in and around Ukraine over the past 24 hours.
> At least 13 people were wounded, two seriously, in the western Russian city of Kursk by debris from a destroyed missile fired by Ukrainian forces, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing acting governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov. Ukrainian troops have been on the offensive in the region since Tuesday.
> Russia, in turn, carried out an air attack on Kiev, and air defense systems were involved in repelling the strike, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, said on the night from Saturday to Sunday.
Witnesses cited by Reuters said they heard at least two explosions that sounded like air defense systems engaged in destroying enemy facilities.
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In Kiev, its surroundings and the entire eastern part Ukraine An air raid alert was announced due to the threat of ballistic missiles being launched towards the country, the Ukrainian Air Force Command reported on the Telegram channel.
> Ukraine is pushing back the war on the territory of the aggressor. Ukraine is able to restore justice and guarantees pressure on the aggressor – the president of this country said on Saturday Volodymyr Zelensky in a daily recording in which he addressed his countrymen.
Zelensky announced that Kiev was “preparing decisions that would limit Russia's actions.” He thanked the soldiers fighting on the front and the United States for the new package of military aid.
– We are eagerly awaiting decisions on long-range missiles from the United States, Great Britain and France – decisive decisions that will bring a just peace closer – said the Ukrainian president.
> On Saturday, Ukraine's charge d'affaires were summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Minsk and Kiev was warned against violating Belarusian airspace. Earlier, the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko ordered to reinforce the troops deployed at the border with Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the Ukrainian side expressed a protest and received a note in connection with the violation of the Belarusian border by a group of drones that took off from the territory of Ukraine – writes the independent Belarusian website Zerkalo.io.
Minsk demanded that Kiev take steps to prevent such incidents in the future. It added that such incidents could lead to “further escalation of the situation in the region.” It also warned that in the event of “repeat provocations” in the future Belarus may take “retaliatory measures.” Threatened to close the Ukrainian embassy if such incidents occur again.
The authorities in Kiev have not officially commented on the allegations from Minsk, and Lukashenko has not provided any evidence that Ukrainian drones have actually crossed the country's airspace.
> More than 76,000 people have been evacuated from regions bordering Ukraine in the Kursk region in western Russia, the local department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Saturday. The government also announced that local authorities in the border regions would receive satellite phones due to network disruptions, TASS reported.
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Russian authorities on Friday evening introduced an “anti-terrorist operation” in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions, which border Ukraine
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