Russian Telegram channels say that the fighting started near the towns of Nekhoteyevka and Shebekino. The governor of the Belgorod region says the situation is difficult.
10:43•Updated 12:15
Ukraine has launched an attack on Russia’s Belgorod region, reports the Reuters news agency.
The battles are currently underway. Reuters bases its information on Russian Telegram channels.
Telegram channel According to Mash a group of about 500 Ukrainian fighters has attacked the Nekhoteyevka and Shebekino border posts. About 200 of them are in the Nekhoteyevka area and 300 in the Shebekino offensive.
Belgorod borders the Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have seized Russian territory after a lightning attack in early August.
Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the situation is difficult, but under control.
– According to information, the enemy is trying to penetrate the border in the Belgorod region, Gladkov said in his Telegram message.
There has been no official confirmation of the attack yet.
Another Telegram channel Shot says that Ukrainian troops have been pushed back from Nekhoteyevka after suffering losses. According to Shot, there were no clashes in Shebekino.
Russia bombed Ukraine at night
Ukraine said on Tuesday morning that it had repelled five missiles and 60 drones in last night’s Russian attack.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired a total of 10 missiles and 81 drones during the night.
Three people have been reported killed in the night attacks by the Russians. According to local authorities, two people died in the city of Kryvyi Rih and one in Zaporizhzhia.
Early on Tuesday, air raid alarms sounded across Ukraine, when the country’s air force said it had detected several bombers taking off from the city of Engels in the western part of Russia.