.Russia's Federal Surveillance Solution (FSB) pressed criminal charges against 2 Australian writers as well as one Romanian journalist for illegally intercrossing the border in to the north western Kursk area while on stating assignments, state media disclosed Friday.Authorities in Russia have actually so far charged 12 international journalists over their work in the Kursk region adhering to a surprise attack by Ukrainian forces on Aug. 6. The writers as well as their employers insist that their activities carried out certainly not breach international regulation.The most recent costs are actually focused on Australian Broadcasting Corporation correspondents Kathryn Diss as well as Fletcher Yeung, who reported previously this month from Sudzha, a Ukrainian-held town in the Kursk region. Even with being pinpointed as USA citizens by the FSB, both Diss as well as Yeung are actually Australian nationals, according to the state-run TASS news agency.Romanian journalist Mircea Barba, an unique correspondent for the internet site HotNews, was also asked for after being actually slammed by pro-war Russian military blog writers for stating coming from the Kursk location in late August.The reporters face fees of "illegally crossing the condition border of Russia," which could possibly cause approximately five years in prison if sentenced.Kyiv declares it has actually grabbed dozens of cities and also towns in the Kursk location, consisting of Sudzha, while Moscow declares its own troops have slowly restored command of the area during counteroffensive operations.