Russia is evacuating residents from a second border region, as Ukraine continues its surprise week-long offensive inside the country.
Some 11,000 people in the Belgorod region have been moved, Russian state media reported, on the heels of what Moscow describes as enemy action near the border.
Belgorod lies next to Kursk – where Ukrainian troops launched their surprise attack into Russian territory last Tuesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the defence ministry's main task is to push back and to kick the enemy out of the country's territory.
Ukrainian forces have since advanced up to 18 miles inside Russia - the deepest incursion into the country since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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