Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking civilians in Kursk, RIA says

(Reuters) - Ukraine's attack on Russia's Kursk region is another 'terrorist' attack against civilians, the RIA state news agency cited Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Wednesday.

"This is another terrorist act," Zakharova told Russian radio broacaster Sputnik, the agency said. "It is obviously directed against a peaceful population, against a civilian population."

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)