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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dalvinder45" data-source="post: 225740" data-attributes="member: 26009">Russia and Ukraine attack each other's territories heavily with drones.  In a surprising shift in strategy, Ukrainian forces launched  attacks. to Russian territory this week, catching Moscow off guard and opening a new front in the prolonged conflict Ukrainian soldiers have entered western Russia in a move that has bewildered Moscow, successfully tested its weak border defences and may deal a blow to its natural gas supplies to Europe. Kyiv dispatched hundreds of servicemen backed by armoured vehicles, artillery and drones to the Kursk region on Tuesday, according to Russian officials, Ukrainian servicemen and media reports. The raid follows several incursions by Russian nationalsfighting for Ukraine who briefly raided Kursk and neighbouring Belgorod in 2023 and heavy Ukrainian shelling of Belegorod  this year. On Tuesday morning, Ukrainian forces fought through the border and approached Sudzha, a sleepy town of 5,000 people whose central square is still dominated by a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin. But Sudzha is important as the location of the only pumping station that delivers Russian natural gas to Europe via Ukraine.By Wednesday afternoon, Ukrainians surrounded Sudzha, seized three villages and were spotted near 10 more, Russian officials and media reported. “In the past 24 hours, our region has been heroically countering the attacks of Ukrainian Nazis,” Kursk acting Governor Aleksey Smirnov wrote on Telegram on Wednesday, repeating the Kremlin’s narratives about the “Nazi junta” in Kyiv.At least three civilians – two drivers and a woman – have been killed, and 24 have been wounded, including six children, according to Smirnov and health officials. The governor urged locals to donate blood for the wounded and said “the situation is controllable”. But even the dry, legalese tone of the Kremlin’s statements cannot hide the gravity of the situation.President Vladimir Putin called the raid a “full-scale provocation by the Kyiv regime” and accused Ukrainian servicemen of indiscriminately firing at residential areas and civilians.The Ministry of Defence in Moscow claimed on Wednesday that Ukrainians lost up to 260 servicemen, seven tanks and 42 armoured vehicles, two air defence vehicles and a radio jamming station. “The operation to annihilate Ukrainian military formations is ongoing,” it said. Officials in Kyiv have not commented on the attack, but Ukrainian reports claim heavy losses on the Russian side.Ukrainian forces killed a group of Russian servicemen holed up in a walled Orthodox monastery, shot down a Ka-52 helicopter and destroyed two tanks, Deep State, a Ukrainian Telegram channel known for verified reports, wrote on Wednesday.</blockquote>

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