Russian forces thwart attempted cross-border assault from Ukraine, official says

Kyiv, Ukraine — 

Russian forces thwarted an effort astatine different cross-border incursion by Ukraine into southwestern Russia, a section authoritative reported Sunday, months aft Kyiv staged a bold battle connected its nuclear-armed force that Moscow is inactive struggling to halt.

An "armed group" sought Sunday to breach the borderline betwixt Ukraine and Russia's Bryansk region, its governor, Aleksandr Bogomaz, said but was beaten back. Bogomaz did not clarify whether Ukrainian soldiers carried retired the alleged onslaught but claimed connected Sunday evening that the concern was "stable and nether control" by the Russian military.

There was nary contiguous acknowledgement oregon effect from Ukrainian officials.

The portion neighbors Kursk province, wherever Ukraine launched a astonishment propulsion connected Aug. 6 that rattled the Kremlin and constituted the largest onslaught connected Russia since World War II. Hundreds of Russian prisoners were blindfolded and ferried distant successful trucks successful the opening moments of the lightning advance, and Ukraine's battle-hardened units swiftly pressed connected crossed hundreds of quadrate kilometers of territory.

Responsibility for erstwhile incursions into Russia's Belgorod and Bryansk regions has been claimed by 2 murky groups: the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion.

Russian officials and authorities media person sought to downplay the value of Kyiv's thunderous tally successful Kursk, but the country's forces person truthful acold been incapable to dislodge Ukrainian troops from the province. Western officials person speculated that Moscow whitethorn nonstop troops from North Korea to bolster its effort to bash so, stoking the astir three-year warfare and bringing geopolitical consequences arsenic acold distant arsenic the Indo-Pacific region.

Russian lawmakers Thursday ratified a pact with Pyongyang envisioning communal subject assistance, a determination that comes arsenic the United States confirmed the deployment of 3,000 North Korean troops to Russia.

North Korean units were detected Wednesday successful Kursk, according to Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate, known by its acronym GUR. The soldiers had undergone respective weeks of grooming astatine bases successful eastbound Russia and had been equipped with apparel for the coming winter, the GUR said successful a connection precocious Thursday. It did not supply grounds for its claims.

Moscow warns West against approving long-range strikes against Russia

Also connected Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is moving connected ways to respond if the U.S. and its NATO allies let Ukraine to onslaught heavy wrong Russia with long-range Western missiles.

Putin told Russian authorities TV that it was excessively aboriginal to accidental precisely however Moscow mightiness react, but the defence ministry has been mulling a scope of options.

Russia has repeatedly signaled that it would presumption immoderate specified strikes arsenic a large escalation. The Kremlin person warned connected Sept. 12 that Moscow would beryllium "at war" with the U.S. and NATO states if they o.k. them, claiming subject infrastructure and unit from the bloc would person to beryllium progressive successful targeting and firing the missiles.

He reinforced the connection by announcing a caller mentation of the atomic doctrine that considers a accepted onslaught connected Russia by a nonnuclear federation that is supported by a atomic powerfulness to beryllium a associated onslaught connected his state — a wide informing to the U.S. and different allies of Kyiv.

Putin besides declared the revised papers envisages imaginable atomic weapons usage successful lawsuit of a monolithic aerial attack, opening the doorway to a imaginable atomic effect to immoderate aerial battle — an ambiguity intended to deter the West.

Ukrainian leaders person repeatedly said they request support to onslaught weapons depots, airfields and subject bases acold from the borderline to motivate Russia to question peace. In response, U.S. defence officials person argued that the missiles are constricted successful number, and that Ukraine is already utilizing its ain long-range drones to deed targets farther into Russia.

That capableness was evidenced by a Ukrainian drone onslaught successful mid-September that deed a ample Russian subject depot successful a municipality 500 kilometers from the border.

The U.S. allows Kyiv to usage American-provided weapons successful much limited, cross-border strikes to antagonistic attacks by Russian forces.

Civilian deaths reported successful Kherson arsenic warring sides commercialized drone strikes

In a abstracted update, Bryansk Gov. Bogomaz claimed that much than a twelve Ukrainian drones were changeable down implicit the portion connected Sunday. Separately, astatine slightest 16 drones were downed implicit different Russian regions, including the Tambov state immoderate 450 kilometers northbound of the border, officials reported. There were nary reports of casualties from immoderate of the alleged attacks.

In Ukraine's confederate metropolis of Kherson, Russian shelling killed 3 civilians connected Sunday, section Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin claimed. Another Kherson nonmigratory died successful a blaze sparked by shells hitting a high-rise, according to Ukraine's Emergency Service.

Air raid sirens wailed for much than 3 hours successful Kyiv overnight into Sunday, and metropolis authorities aboriginal reported that "around 10" drones had been changeable down. They said nary 1 had been hurt. Ukraine's aerial unit connected Sunday reported that it had changeable down 41 drones launched by Russia crossed Ukrainian territory.