Ukraine orders evacuation of 6,000 people from areas near Kursk

Ukraine announced a mandatory evacuation of thousands of people in an area that sits across Russia's Kursk region, where Kyiv's troops have launched an attack.

"I have just signed the order to introduce a mandatory evacuation of 23 settlements from five communities in the Sumy district," regional governor Volodymyr Artyukh said, adding the measure applied to "about 6,000 people, including 425 children."

AFP