The Russian military attacked Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region with Ka-52 helicopters and T-72 tanks , the Russian Defense Ministry said, as reported by Tass. "Army aviation crews on Ka-52 helicopters carried out air strikes against a concentration of personnel, military equipment and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area of the Kursk region," the ministry said in a statement. "According to intelligence reports, all targets were successfully destroyed." The helicopters, the ministry added, used S-8 unguided missiles in the attack. The ground offensive was carried out with T-72B3M tanks.

In the attack, the ministry concluded, "mobile groups of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region were destroyed."

Russian strikes also in the night on Kiev, where a man and his four-year-old son were killed by a missile . The emergency service of the Ukrainian capital reported.

Several explosions were recorded during the night in the central and eastern areas of Kiev: according to what was reported by the military authorities, the explosions were caused by the launch of two Russian missiles on the city.

(Unioneonline/vl)