Alexander Khinshtein, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person was injured in the latest attack in the region, where Ukrainian forces have seized a chunk of territory after launching an incursion in August.

Residents of the Kursk region in Russia reported explosions in the city of Lgov on the evening of Monday, December 30, according to the acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein. Khinshtein has traditionally claimed that the attack came from Ukraine.

Aleksandr Khinshtein, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast, has reported another strike on the city of Lgov in the region. He has stated there is currently no information about casualties or significant damage.

Moscow and Kyiv have carried out one of the biggest exchanges of prisoners of war since the start of the full-scale war in 2022, swapping hundreds of captives before the new year. The swap, which was partially brokered by the United Arab Emirates,

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the two countries have engaged in multiple prisoner exchanges.

Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralised by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk, a region some want to hold at all costs while others question the value of having gone in at all.