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Russia said it evacuated more than 76,000 people from its western Kursk border region on Saturday, according to the state-run TASS news agency, as Ukraine pressed on with its biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began almost two and a half years ago. In response to the incursion, Russia launched a military operation and sent additional troops, equipment and aviation unites to try to stop Ukrainian troops from advancing.