MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Ukrainian military struck an ambulance with a drone near the border town of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk Region, killing the driver and paramedic, acting Kursk Governor Alexei Smirnov said.
"Ukrainian Nazis struck an ambulance using a drone near Sudzha," Smirnov said on Telegram. "The driver and paramedic were killed, and the doctor was wounded. Our doctors are real heroes, and the terrorists who attack ambulances will definitely receive retribution."
On the morning of August 6, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to break through the territory of Kursk Region. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian troops, with up to 300 personnel supported by 11 tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles, attacked the positions of border protection units of the Russian Federation in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaev-Darino and Oleshnya.
According to Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov, border guards and the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 16 units of Ukrainian military equipment at the border.
Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin instructed to open a criminal case regarding the attack on settlements in Kursk Region.
During the attack, residential and administrative buildings, as well as civilian infrastructure facilities, were shelled. There are wounded and killed among the civilians, noted the Investigative Committee.