Russia repels another Ukrainian attempt to pierce the border, governor says

Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, in Donetsk region on Aug. 20, 2024. (Ukrainian 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP)

• Attempted incursion took place in the Klimovo district which borders Ukraine’s Chernihiv region
• Ukraine smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region on August 6

MOSCOW: Russian forces prevented a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance team from piercing the border in the western Bryansk region, about 240 km (150 miles) from the site of Ukraine’s incursion into the neighboring Kursk region, a Russian official said.
Russia said on Wednesday that its forces had advanced in eastern Ukraine and had begun to push back Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, though a senior commander cautioned that Ukrainian forces were regrouping for another possible attack.
Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that Federal Security Service border guards and Russian military units repelled an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance team on Wednesday.
He said the attempted incursion took place in the Klimovo district which borders Ukraine’s Chernihiv region. The Bryansk region lies northwest of the Kursk region where a Ukrainian incursion has been underway since early August.
Ukraine smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region on Aug. 6 in an attempt to force Moscow to divert troops from the rest of the front, though Russian forces have continued to advance in eastern Ukraine in recent days.
Russia’s defense ministry said it had shot down 28 drones over Russian territory, including 13 in the Volgograd region, seven in Rostov, four in Belgorod, two in Voronezh and one each in Bryansk and Kursk regions.