One person was killed and 10 others were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a residential building in Russia's Kursk region early Friday, regional governor Alexander Khinshtein said on his Telegram channel, News.Az reports.

Early Wednesday, Russia's military announced that its air defense forces shot down nearly two dozen Ukrainian drones across the country’s six regions overnight.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested that the EU may have been involved in planning the Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Kursk Region, News.Az reports citing TASS .

Editor's note: Kohán Mátyás, Deputy Editor at Mandiner.hu, a Hungarian expert. The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the view of News.Az.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated at a news briefing that Russia will not engage in negotiations with the Kiev regime following Ukraine's terrorist attack on the Kursk Region, News.Az reports citing TASS .

Russia's Foreign Ministry stated that Ukraine employed Western rockets, possibly U.S.-made HIMARS, to destroy a bridge over the Seym River in the Kursk region, resulting in the deaths of volunteers who were attempting to evacuate civilians, News.Az reports citing Voice of America.

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The Ukrainian attack on the Kursk Region will not be able to change the balance of forces in the conflict in the long term, preserving Russia’s numerical advantage and patriotic mood, Politico columnist Jamie Dettmer wrote, News.az reports.

At a Monday meeting led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s leadership openly referred to its military actions in Russia's Kursk border region as an "operation" for the first time.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukraine was trying to undermine Russian stability with its incursion into the south of the country, but it would not succeed, News.az reports.