Russia recaptures monastery in Kursk from Ukraine, TASS says
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Russian forces had captured the St. Nicholas Belogorsky monastery in village Gornal, TASS said
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forces have retaken a monastery in Russia's Kursk region where Ukrainian troops had been holed up, state media reported on Tuesday.
TASS news agency quoted a security source as saying Russian forces had captured the St. Nicholas Belogorsky monastery in the village of Gornal.
A Russian military Telegram channel said Ukraine had deployed troops, artillery and drone launchers at the historic site, which it said Russia had retaken after 10 days of fierce fighting. Reuters could not independently verify the reports.
Russia is close to expelling the last Ukrainian troops from Kursk region, where they smashed across the border in a shock incursion last August. Moscow responded by sending in heavy reinforcements, including soldiers from its ally North Korea.
DRONE ATTACK INJURES THREE IN UKRAINE'S ODESA
Russian forces launched a mass overnight drone attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa, wounding three people and damaging many apartments, local officials said early on Tuesday.
"The enemy targeted a residential area in a densely populated district of Odesa," Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov wrote on the Telegram messaging app, sharing pictures of a fire blazing and apartment buildings with windows smashed and facades damaged.
Governor Oleh Kiper said that three people were injured in the attack and were receiving medical help.
The Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday that Russia launched 54 drones in an attack overnight, of which 38 were shot down and 16 did not reach their targets, likely due to electronic warfare countermeasures.
Kiper said the attack on Odesa damaged dwellings, civilian infrastructure, an educational institution and vehicles.
Videos shared by the emergency services showed crews putting out a large fire in one of the damaged buildings.
Odesa, with its three ports, has been a frequent target of Russian attacks in the more than three-year-old war with Russia.
