Putin orders army to ‘dislodge’ Ukraine as over 120,000 flee border

President Vladimir Putin has ordered his army to “dislodge” Ukrainian troops who have entered Russian territory, as authorities reported that over 120,000 people have been evacuated from the fighting.

Kyiv launched a surprise offensive into Russia’s western Kursk region last Tuesday, capturing over two dozen settlements in the most significant cross-border attack on Russian soil since World War I

“One of the obvious goals of the enemy is to sow discord, strife, intimidate people, and destroy the unity and cohesion of Russian society,” Putin said during a televised meeting with government official

“The main task is, of course, for the Defence Ministry to dislodge the enemy from our territories,” he adde

Approximately 121,000 people have fled the Kursk region since the fighting began, which has resulted in at least 12 civilian deaths and 121 injuries, regional governor Alexei Smirnov informed the meeting with Puti

Authorities in Kursk announced on Monday that they were expanding their evacuation area to include the Belovsky district, home to around 14,000 residents. The neighbouring Belgorod region also reported that it was evacuating its border district of Krasnoyaruzhsk

Ukraine has penetrated the region by at least 12 kilometres (seven miles) and has captured 28 towns and villages, with the new front stretching 40 kilometres long, Smirnov said.py.n.d.s.I.mirnov said.