The incursion has been thwarted by border guards and regular troops, Aleksandr Bogomaz has said
File Photo: Servicemen from a Russian Central Military District sniper unit © Stanislav Krasilnikov / RIA Novosti
Russian forces have repelled a cross-broder attack by Ukrainian troops on Bryansk Region, Governor Aleksandr Bogomaz has said.
The federal subject is located directly to the west of Russia’s Kursk Region, part of which remains under the control of the Ukrainian army following an incursion earlier this month.
According to Bogomaz, the Ukrainian raid was foiled on Wednesday by Russian border guards and regular troops. “The enemy came under fire,” the official said, adding that “the situation is stable and under control.”
While the Russian Defense Ministry has not commented on the matter, Telegram news channel Mash reported that the Ukrainians had tried to break through near the village of Zabrama, approximately 30km from Russia’s border with Belarus. More than 200 soldiers participated in the raid, but retreated after taking “serious losses,” Mash wrote.
The Russian military blogger writing under the name Dva Mayora, meanwhile, reported that the number of Ukrainian servicemen who had taken part in the attack numbered at least 20.
In their largest cross-border incursion to have targeted territory which was part of Russia before 2022, Ukrainian armored units invaded Kursk Region on August 6, seizing several villages and the city of Sudzha.
Kiev said that it was aiming to establish a “buffer zone” on Russian soil. Moscow responded by evacuating civilians from the affected areas and deploying additional forces there, while also striking targets in Ukraine’s Sumy Region, which was being used as a staging ground.
According to Kremlin officials, at least 31 civilians have been killed in Kursk Region and 143 have been wounded so far. The Russian Defense Ministry estimates that around 4,400 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded during the operation.