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Russian missile sparks blaze in Ukraine as Kyiv’s troops push into Russia’s Kursk region. Ukrainian troops have been deployed in Russia since Aug. 6 in a bid to divert the Kremlin’s military focus away from the front line in Ukraine. City of Sumy that injured two people also damaged cars and nearby buildings, said Ukraine’s Emergency Service. It said that the hit had involved an Iskander-K cruise missile and an aerial bomb.

Ukrainian forces said had seized town of Sudzha, 6 miles from border. With prewar population of roughly 5,000, its biggest town to fall to Ukraine’s troops since incursion began on Aug 6. AP journalists traveled to Friday on a Ukrainian govt-organized trip. Artillery fire had blown chunks out of a statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin in the town’s central sq, the bright yellow facade of a local admin building was scorch w/pockmarked bullet holes. Pro-Kremlin newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, said Ukrainian pressure in Kursk are not weakening yet.
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