Russia says used aviation, artillery to repel Ukrainian border attack

Moscow: Russia said Tuesday it deployed air and artillery firepower to quash an armed Ukrainian border incursion after pro Kyiv fighters stormed acros...

Moscow: Russia said Tuesday it deployed air and artillery firepower to quash an armed Ukrainian border incursion after pro-Kyiv fighters stormed across the border with tanks and armoured vehicles.

Moscow's defence ministry said it had rushed its own troops and aviation units to the southwestern Kursk region after a morning raid by Ukrainian "sabotage" units -- the latest such cross-border attack throughout the conflict.

"Today the enemy made another attempt to break through into the territory of the Kursk region," Russia's defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday evening.

"The enemy was hit with artillery fire, strikes by army aviation units and attack drones," it added.

Moscow said earlier it had rushed reserve forces to the border zone to defend against a Ukrainian force it said consisted of around 300 troops, 11 tanks and more than 20 armoured combat vehicles.