Moscow vows to respond as Ukraine pushes inside Russiapublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 11 August
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Today we've been focussing on developments in the Ukraine war, following President Zelensky's confirmation that Kyiv is carrying out an offensive inside Russia, which was launched on Tuesday.
We're soon going to be closing our coverage for the day, but here's the key things you need to know for the day:
- President Zelensky confirmed in his nightly video address on Saturday that Kyiv was carrying out a cross-border offensive into Russia
- At the time of his address, the Ukrainian advances into western Kursk region had penetrated more than 10km (six miles) past the border - making it the furthest since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022
- On Sunday, Russia appeared to acknowledge that Ukrainian forces had advanced still further. Its defence ministry said it engaged Ukrainian troops near towns 25km and 30km from the border
- Moscow has vowed a "tough" response to the incursion and a Ukrainian missile strike on a residential building in Kursk that it said injured at least 11, the foreign ministry said
- Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry said its forces had shot down 35 drones and four rockets overnight that it said was fired by "the Kyiv regime"
- Ukraine in turn reported to have shot down 53 of 57 attack drones last night
- They released more details of two deaths in Kyiv overnight - a father and his four-year-old son were killed when a rocket fragment fell on residential houses. Three more were injured according to emergency services
- BBC Verify has been working to confirm details of footage that is coming through from Russia. You can watch a video showing destroyed Russian convoy here and Ukrainian soldiers removing a Russian flag from a building here
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