Russian troops have continued their onslaught in Ukraine’s Donbass region, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Friday, as Kiev continued its incursion into the southern Russian region of Kursk. A total of 144 military clashes were registered over the past 24 hours in Donbass, the Ukrainian military said, with particularly heavy fighting in Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Kurakhove. It said Russian forces were repelled after attacking with dozens of airstrikes and artillery The Russian offensive in Donbass appears to have intensified in recent days despite Ukrainian troops’ surprise advance into Russian …