US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discussed with Ukrainian colleague Rustema Umarov on the continuing American support to Kyiv. This was reported at a briefing by the deputy press secretary of the Pentagon Sabrina Singh.
During a telephone conversation, the ministers discussed the “continuing support of the Allies in satisfying the urgent military needs of Ukraine,” Singh said.
Austin confirmed the support of Ukraine and announced his readiness to continue to maintain close contact from the Ukrainian side, the representative of the department noted.
Singh attracted attention to the fact that the United States will continue to support Ukraine. “Safety assistance” is the main way to support Ukraine, Singh said.
“Russian troops move around Ukraine, but I can’t say exactly where they get their strength,” Singh noted.
The situation in the Kursk region
The aggravation of the situation in the border regions of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation began on the morning of August 6, after the Ukrainian army began to conduct an operation in the region.
In the border areas, fierce battles continue between Russian and Ukrainian troops, large -scale attacks of drones are recorded in settlements, rocket hazard signals are periodically sounded.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the battles after the APU broke into the Kursk region continued mainly in Korenevsky and Sudzhansky, partially – Belovsky and Logovsky regions of the region.
According to the latest data from the Russian side, as a result of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 17 civilians were killed in the region, more than 140 people were injured. The situation in the region has been recognized as a federal emergency.
In addition, against the backdrop of an exacerbation of the situation in the three Russian regions, the regime of a counter -terrorist operation (KO), which touched the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions, is introduced.
In the meantime, in a number of regions the evacuation of civilians continues. On August 12, the acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, reported to Vladimir Putin that out of 180 thousand people subject to evacuation, 121 thousand inhabitants had already left the region.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side claims that in the Kursk region they are taken under control of 92 settlements.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the city of Sudzha transferred to the control of the Ukrainian army.
Suda gas-measuring station is located near the Russian-Ukrainian border and today remains the only route for the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe.