Ukraine launches attack into Russia, marking biggest incursion since war began

LONDON — Ukraine has launched a major attack with its troops into Russia, in what appears to be its biggest and most serious incursion into the country since Moscow’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

A Ukrainian force numbering in the hundreds backed with armored vehicles advanced on Tuesday across the border into Russia’s Kursk region, according to official and unofficial Russian sources, although exact details remain deeply unclear.

The Ukrainian troops appeared to have captured a number of settlements in the border area around the village of Sudzha, advancing perhaps as much as 15 km inside Russia, according to pro-Kremlin Russian military bloggers, with heavy fighting reported to be continuing for a second day.