
Russian International Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova. AP Picture
“We’re assured that the organizers and perpetrators of those crimes, together with overseas brokers, might be held accountable for them. A tricky response from the Russian Armed Forces isn’t far-off,” the Russian International Ministry’s web site quoted the ministry’s spokesman as saying on August 11.
Chief of the Common Employees of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov stated that at 05:30 on August 6, Ukrainian navy items numbering as much as 1,000 folks launched an offensive with the goal of capturing territory within the Kursk area. He famous that additional advances of Ukrainian troops into Russian territory have been stopped. The Chief of the Common Employees burdened that the operation within the Kursk area will finish with the defeat of the enemy and the re-establishment of the state border.
On August 8, the Russian Protection Ministry stated that the Ukrainian military, whereas attempting to advance into the Kursk area, misplaced 660 servicemen and 82 armored automobiles in two days, together with 8 tanks, 12 armored personnel carriers, 6 infantry combating automobiles and 55 armored automobiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the scenario within the Kursk area, stated that the Kiev regime has carried out one other large-scale provocation and is firing indiscriminately, together with at civilian targets. The official consultant of the Russian Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, stated that after the assault by the Ukrainian military on the border space within the Kursk area, instances of terrorist assaults and homicide have been opened; Russian investigators are investigating the id of the Ukrainian servicemen who ordered and executed the assault on civilian targets within the area.
In Kursk Oblast, in addition to Belgorod and Bryansk Oblasts, a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime has been launched to make sure the security of the inhabitants and forestall threats of terrorist assaults by Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance formations.