Russia on Saturday (Aug 10) evacuated more than 76,000 people from areas bordering Ukraine in Russia's Kursk region following Ukraine's incursion into the region earlier this week.

Russia on Saturday (Aug 10) evacuated more than 76,000 people from areas bordering Ukraine in Russia's Kursk region following Ukraine's incursion into the region earlier this week. The Russian emergencies ministry released a video clip it said showed evacuees arriving at the city of Oryol, 140 kilometres north of Kursk. Other clips were said to show psychologists helping people staying in shelters in the Kursk region, according to the ministry's statement. Russia is fighting intense battles against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 20 kilometres inside the Kursk after Ukraine's biggest attack on Russian sovereign territory since the start of the war in 2022. Zelensky acknowledges incursion On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time acknowledged that his country's military was fighting in the Kursk region, and said that the operation was part of Kyiv's drive to restore justice following the Russian invasion in 2022. Also read | Ukraine to unleash ‘BAD’ robot dogs on Russian forces in attempt to mitigate losses In his nightly video address, President Zelensky said he had discussed the operation with top Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi, while not forgetting the battles troops face on the difficult eastern front. "Today, I received several reports from commander-in-chief Syrskyi regarding the front lines and our actions to push the war onto the aggressor's territory," Zelensky said, adding, he was grateful to every unit of the defence forces for ensuring that. The president had previously alluded to the operation, praising the military's ability "to surprise" and thanking them for taking Russian soldiers prisoner to be used in future negotiations, specifically referring to the past week. 13 injured from debris of Ukraine-launched missile In the latest news from Ukraine's incursion of Kursk, 13 people were injured in the region after debris from a destroyed Ukraine-launched missile fell onto a nine-storey residential building. Alexei Smirnov, Kursk's acting governor, ordered local authorities to speed up the evacuation of civilians in areas at risk. (With inputs from agencies)

Ukraine war: Russia evacuates over 76,000 in Kursk region; Zelensky acknowledges operation

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Ukraine war: Russia evacuates over 76,000 in Kursk region; Zelensky acknowledges operation