Putin holds emergency Security Council meeting after reported Ukrainian raid in Kursk Oblast
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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin urgently convened an unscheduled meeting of the Security Council, Russian media outlet Brief reported on Telegram on Aug. 7, citing a source.
The meeting began on Aug. 7 at 1 p.m. Earlier, at 12 p.m., Putin held a meeting with members of the government. Typically, Security Council meetings in Russia are held every Friday.
"We have an extensive agenda in the main areas of government activity, but we will have to start with the events in Kursk Oblast," Putin said.
The Russian leader described the fighting in Kursk as a "large-scale provocation" and "indiscriminate shooting." He announced that immediately after the meeting, he would meet with the heads of the security agencies of the Defense Ministry and the FSB General Staff to receive a report on the events in the region.
Putin also instructed the acting governor of Kursk Oblast to provide necessary assistance to the residents.
"I ask First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Valentinovich Manturov to coordinate this work at the first stage," he said.
Battles in Russia’s Kursk Oblast
Hostilities are ongoing in Kursk Oblast, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Aug. 6, adding that it was transferring its reserves.
Russian propagandists claimed that Ukraine's Armed Forces entered the Sudzha district in Kursk Oblast on the morning of Aug. 6. Local media reported that three tanks with infantry were heading towards the villages of Kurilovka and Goncharovka. The regional authorities claimed the "breakthrough of the Armed Forces" had been stopped.
Ukraine did not officially comment on these events. An NV source in military intelligence reported that Russian Volunteer Corps soldiers are not participating in the events in Kursk Oblast.
Russian pro-war bloggers reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had advanced to a depth of 15 km and expanded the front to 10-11 km, capturing 11 settlements: Liubimovka, Obukhovka, Pokrovsky, Zeleny Shliakh, Tolsty Lug, Nizhny Klin, Nikolaevo-Daryino, Daryino, Sverdlikovo, and Lebedevka.
The acting governor of Kursk Oblast, Aleksey Smirnov, claimed to have organized the evacuation of civilians from the combat zone. However, residents reported that no one was assisting them, and emergency services were ignoring their requests.
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