Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Kiev of a “provocation” as the Defence Ministry in Moscow said fighting is ongoing in the Russian border region of Kursk, with civilians fleeing a reported Ukrainian incursion. According to the state-run Russian news agency TASS, Putin said Ukraine had “staged another massive provocation, conducting indiscriminate fire from various types of weapons, including missile launchers, at civilian buildings.” The Defence Ministry earlier said Russian troops are continuing to respond to the incursion, one day after it claimed to have repelled a Ukra…