Putin slams Ukraine's Kursk incursion as "major provocation"

Vladimir Putin has accused Kyiv of launching a “major provocation”, after Moscow claimed that some 300 Ukrainian soldiers, supported by tanks and armoured vehicles, had launched a cross-border attack into the Kursk region.

Speaking ahead of a meeting of the security council in Moscow on Wednesday, the Russian president also accused Ukrainian forces of “firing indiscriminately” at civilian buildings and residences.

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