Russia-Ukraine war updates: Kyiv hit as Ukraine admits Kursk incursion

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• Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged that Ukrainian forces are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region, saying the ongoing incursion proves that Ukraine “can indeed restore justice and ensure the necessary pressure on the aggressor”.
• Russia has imposed a sweeping security regime in three border regions as battles entered their sixth day, while Belarus, a staunch ally of Moscow, has sent more troops to its border with Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of violating its airspace.
• Meanwhile, inside Ukraine, a 35-year-old man and his four-year-old son have been killed in a Russian drone and missile barrage, with fragments falling on a residential area in Kyiv’s suburban Brovary district, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.