2024-08-07 16:41:13
“As you know, the Kiev regime has undertaken another large-scale provocation,” V. Putin said during a televised meeting with government officials, adding that Ukrainians are “indiscriminately firing various types of weapons, including rockets, at civilian buildings, residential houses and ambulances”.
According to authorities, the situation in the border region is tense after intense Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s Kursk region. Three civilians were killed and 28 wounded, Russian media reported, citing authorities and medics.
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow provides only limited information about the situation in the region. However, Russian military bloggers claim that this is a full-fledged attack by Ukrainian forces. Among other things, they captured Russian soldiers and established themselves in separate areas of the Kursk region, according to various Telegram channels of bloggers.
In the morning, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported only a few repelled drone attacks against the Kursk region. On Tuesday evening, the ministry announced that the breakthrough of tanks and armored vehicles from Ukraine to Russian territory was repelled. The attackers allegedly retreated to the territory of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Acting Governor Alexey Smirnov spoke in the morning about the new missile threat and the tense situation. He urged people to stay in safe places. At least six children are said to be among the injured. Due to the heavy attacks and many injured, the governor called on citizens to donate blood on his Telegram channel. Institutions in neighboring areas offered assistance.
According to unverified reports from Russian military bloggers, Ukrainian units are moving towards the city of Suja in the Kursk region, where people have demanded their evacuation. Blogger Alexander Sladkov, for example, stated that the enemy had penetrated 10 km into Russian territory. Various bloggers estimate the Ukrainian force to be between 900 and 2,000 men.
According to military bloggers, there were not many Russian units in the border region, so it was not difficult for Ukrainian fighters to break through there. In the past, such outbreaks have occurred in the Belgorod region. Volunteer battalions, made up of Russians fighting on the side of Ukraine, then claimed responsibility.
2024-08-07 16:41:13