Deadly Bomb Hits Kyiv, Russia Speeds Up Kursk Evacuation

Map of Ukraine with Kursk, Russia.(Al-Jazeera Doc)

RUSSIA carries out attacks on Kyiv. A 35-year-old man and his four-year-old son were killed in Russian bombings on Saturday (10/8) local time.

Three other people were injured when rockets hit homes in the Ukrainian capital’s Brovary district, The Guardian reported. Explosions were heard overnight in central and eastern Kyiv, and air raid alarms sounded as warnings.

Meanwhile, the governor of Kursk in Russia has ordered an accelerated exodus of civilians. Russia is evacuating tens of thousands of people from the Kursk region that has been invaded by Ukrainian forces.

Kursk’s acting governor, Alexei Smirnov, said an evacuation order had been issued for the Belovsky district. “More than 76,000 people have been temporarily relocated to safe places,” he said, according to The Guardian.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged for the first time that Ukrainian troops had entered combat in the Kursk region of Russia.

According to him, the operation was part of Kyiv’s efforts to restore justice after the Russian invasion since 2022. Zelenskiy had previously remained silent about the operation.

On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry claims they prevented Ukraine from advancing further on the fifth day of the Kursk offensive. The fighting took place in three villages, namely Ivashkovskoye, Malaya Loknya, and Olgovka.

Russia’s FSB internal security agency deployed anti-terrorism forces in Kursk and two other regions, Bryansk and Belgorod, to lock down the area and impose control on communications. (Z-2)