Competing claims emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia’s Kursk region that has been under Ukrainian control for five months, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of carrying out the strike.

In a statement, Zelenskyy emphasised that the Russian authorities struck the building despite the fact that dozens of citizens seeking shelter in the building were from Russia

Ukrainian forces on Sunday launched a new offensive inside Russia's western Kursk border region, going on the attack with substantial forces.