Kyiv Pushes Offensive as Russia Evacuates Locals From Next-Door Belgorod

As fighting continued in the Kursk region, Belarus, a key Russian ally, reinforced its border with Ukraine.

A Ukrainian serviceman holds a Stinger anti-aircraft missile at a position in a front line in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on Aug. 11, 2022. Anna Kudriavtseva/Reuters

Civilians are being evacuated from parts of Russia’s western Belgorod region amid an ongoing Ukrainian cross-border offensive—now in its sixth day—in the neighboring region of Kursk.

“We have [had] an alarming morning,” Vyacheslav Gladkov, Belgorod’s regional governor, said on Aug. 12.