Russian Kursk region denounces Ukrainian missile attack

MADRID Dec. 20 () –

The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched several missiles this Friday on the Russian city of Rilsk, located in the Kursk region, according to the governor of the area, Alexander Jinshtein, who has not initially clarified the possible balance of damage. material or personal.

Jinshtein, appointed this December as governor by order of President Vladimir Putin, has accused Ukrainian forces of “deliberately” attacking civilian facilities, in a message published on his Telegram account and collected by the TASS news agency.

In early August, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a ground incursion into the Kursk region that remains open, within a renewed strategy that has involved intensifying attacks on Russian territory. kyiv has even resorted to missiles provided by its Western allies such as the American ATACMS or the British Storm Shadow.

The Russian Ministry of Defense assures that Ukrainian troops have suffered more than 42,400 casualties in Kursk alone, according to a report published this Friday and which includes 340 dead or wounded in the last day.