Egypt Daily News – Ukraine announced violent clashes in the Russian Kursk region on Sunday, following its surprise attack on the region located in western Russia.
In its evening report, the Ukrainian General Staff said that it recorded 42 armed clashes in the region, 12 of which are still ongoing. The authority said, “The Russians in the Kursk region are very concerned because they have been subjected to attacks from several directions.”
Russian media reported only about drone attacks near Kursk, which were repelled.
Neither side reported any information about losses, gains, or changes on the front line. Last year, Ukrainian units unexpectedly crossed the border in the direction of the city of Kursk and made significant gains in Russian territory.
Moscow later mobilized 50,000 soldiers, including 10,000 North Korean soldiers, to launch a counterattack that succeeded in recovering almost half of the territory that Ukraine had occupied during the past months.
Russian official: Ukraine has lost control of the largest lithium deposits
In addition, a Russian official said that the Ukrainian side lost control of the largest lithium deposits in the western part of Donetsk.
Ukraine has already lost control of the largest lithium deposit in Shevchenko, which was under the control of the Ukrainian armed forces for a long time, Vladimir Rogov, head of the Public Chamber of the Russian Committee on Sovereignty Issues, explained to the Russian Sputnik news agency.
He added “Our army is gradually moving towards the western borders of the Donetsk People’s Republic, including an area where the enemy will not be able to carry out any development in Pokrovsk, Korakhovo and Velikaya Novoselka, but which will continue to serve the economy of our country.”
Rogov noted that in addition to lithium, these deposits contain a lot of other valuable natural resources, including niobium, beryllium and tantalum. “The lithium deposits in Shevchenko are invaluable from the point of view of their strategic importance, as they occupy about 40 hectares,” Rogov said.
Lithium and its compounds are used in many industrial applications, including heat-resistant glass and ceramics, lithium-based grease lubricants, lubricants used in the production of iron, steel, and aluminum, lithium metal batteries, and lithium-ion batteries. These uses consume more than three-quarters of lithium production.
