9 that its forces were fighting the Ukrainian army on the outskirts of Sudzha.Earlier in the day, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said that the situation in Kursk Oblast had been declared a "federal emergency."Kyiv has so far maintained a policy of silence, but President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 8 that "Russia brought war to our land, and it should feel what it has done." He did not directly mention the incursion into Kursk Oblast. Russia claims Ukraine’s forces reach outskirts of Sudzha in Kursk regionThis is the first time the Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian forces reached the town amid multiple reports about their presence there.The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova
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