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Russia on Saturday launched what the national anti-terrorism committee called "counter-terror operations" in three border regions – Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk – adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv's biggest cross-border offensive in the two-and-a-half year war. Moscow on Friday also increased its state of emergency level to "federal". FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze reports.