Russia says it repelled attempted Ukrainian cross-border incursion on Thursday

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to launch a cross-border attack on Russia's Belgorod region on Thursday.

In a statement, the ministry said that Ukraine had attempted to land forces by helicopters in Belgorod region, a frontier province that has come under regular attack in recent months.

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