In the Kursk region, fights are going on the second day. The region introduced an emergency regime “to eliminate the consequences of entering the territory of the region of enemy forces”.
This was stated by the temporarily acting governor Alexei Smirnov. According to him, a complex operational situation is preserved in the border areas.
– Putin held a meeting
In the afternoon, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the participation of the Secretary of the Council of People’s Commissars Sergey Shoigu, the Minister of Defense Andrei Belousov, the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and the head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov. Gerasimov said that “at 5:30 a.m. on August sixth of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a number of up to one thousand people went on the offensive with the aim of capturing a section of the territory of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region”
The Chief of the General Staff said that the advance of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces into Russia in the Kursk direction, according to him, was “stopped”, and the Russian military and border guards “continue to destroy the enemy” in areas adjacent to the Russian-Ukrainian border.
According to Gerasimov, 315 people amounted to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including 100 killed, 54 units of armored vehicles were destroyed, including seven tanks.
“The operation will be completed by the defeat of the enemy and access to the state border,” said Valery Gerasimov.
The losses of the Russian army are not reported.
During the shelling of the Kursk region from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 31 people, including six children, were injured and injured, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation said
According to the IC of the Russian Federation, as a result of battles in the Kursk region, dozens of people were injured. Residents leave the region, but refute the statements of the authorities about centralized evacuation.
– reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky sent citizens of the country “to a meat grinder in Kursk” to “extend” Ukraine for another three months.
This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in her telegram channel.
The Ukrainian authorities did not comment on information about battles in the Kursk region.
– The United States demanded explanations from Kyiv
The White House demanded explanations from Kyiv about events in the Kursk region.
The United States intends to request clarifications with Kyiv regarding events in the Kursk region, the White House on Wednesday, August 7, said
Washington also noted that it is currently known about the use of American military equipment for invasion of the Kursk region.
At the same time, the White House added that the US position on the use of American weapons throughout Russia has not changed.