Russian state TV shows evacuees from Kursk region and humanitarian aid collected across country
After Ukraine launched an incursion into Russian territory earlier this week, Moscow is making efforts to evacuate its citizens and send them humanitarian aid.
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00:00Russian state TV shows citizens from the Kursk region being evacuated following a large scale incursion by Ukraine and the country which invaded it in 2022.
00:11Russia declared a federal level emergency in the region days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured across the border in what appears to be the largest attack by Kiev on Russian soil since the conflict began.
00:25Fighting in Kursk has received considerable attention by Russian media.
00:29Coverage shows children being taken to shelters as well as people from other Russian regions gathering food, diapers and other supplies to be sent to Kursk.
00:39Russian troops shelled the supermarket in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
00:44Reports indicate at least 12 were killed and 44 wounded because of the shelling.
00:50Donetsk's regional military administrative head described it as a targeted attack on a crowded place and an act of terror by Russian forces.