Ukraine attacks Russia's Kursk region, Russian war bloggers say

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces attacked Russia's occidental Kursk portion connected Monday, firing missiles, smashing done the borderline and past crossing minefields with peculiar vehicles, according to Russian warfare bloggers.

Russia's apical wide said past period that Ukrainian troops had been ejected from the Kursk region, ending the biggest incursion into Russian territory since World War Two, and that Russia was carving retired a buffer portion successful the neighbouring Ukrainian portion of Sumy.

"The force blew up bridges with rockets astatine nighttime and launched an onslaught with armoured groups successful the morning," The "RVvoenkor" warfare blogger said connected Telegram.

"The excavation clearance vehicles began to marque passages successful the minefields, followed by armored vehicles with troops. There is simply a dense conflict going connected astatine the border."

The Ukrainian onslaught successful Kursk was reported by aggregate different Russian bloggers including "The archangel of peculiar forces" and Russian authorities tv warfare analogous Alexander Sladkov.

There was nary contiguous remark from either Russia oregon Ukraine, but Russian warfare bloggers published maps showing Ukrainian forces trying to propulsion implicit the Russian borderline successful 2 places towards Tyotkino.

(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge, William Maclean)