Russian aggression is primary reason for ongoing hostilities in Kursk Oblast

Dictator Vladimir Putin is the only "Concept of Russia's self-destruction" creator, he said.

has always believed that it can attack neighboring countries with impunity and instead 'hypocritically demand the inviolability of its territories'."

"But war is war, it has its own rules - and the aggressor always reaps the appropriate fruits," Podolyak said.

Only military officials can talk about the events in Kursk Oblast, and only if it is necessary, Podoliak said the day before.

He called the hostilities on the Russian territory a laboratory experiment.

Battles in Kursk Oblast

The alleged infiltration of Ukraine's Armed Forces into the Sudzha district of Kursk Oblast was announced by Russian propagandists on August 6. Local media reported on the advance of three AFU tanks with infantry towards Kurylevka and Goncharovka. The "breakthrough of the Armed Forces" had been stopped, the authorities of Kursk Oblast claimed.

The Russian Defense Ministry, the aggressor country, confirmed hostilities in Kursk Oblast later. Ukraine entered the Russian territory as part of about 1,000 troops, using Western Stryker armored vehicles, tanks, UAVs, air defense systems, and electronic warfare equipment, head of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, claimed. Deployment of reserves was announced.

Ukraine did not officially comment on these events. Russian Volunteer Corps soldiers are not participating in the events in Kursk Oblast, an NV source in military intelligence reported.

The USA claims that it was not aware of Ukraine's plans to enter Kursk Oblast, but this does not contradict the policy of the States.

Ukrainian troops have probably advanced 10 kilometers deep into Russia and are continuing their mechanized offensive, the Institute for the Study of War said on Aug. 8.