Russia convenes informal UN Security Council meeting to address Ukraine's offensive in Kursk Oblast
Russia convenes UN Security Council members informal meeting to complain about the Ukrainian Armed Forces alleged attack on its Kursk Oblast, the Ukrainian media outlet Ukrinform reported on Aug. 11.
"Crimes committed by the Kyiv authorities" will be the topic of discussion there, the letter that the Russian Permanent Representative to the UN sent to the members of the Security Council, wrote.
The meeting will take place in compliance with the Arria's formula on Aug. 13, at 5:00 p.m. (midnight Kyiv time).
(The Arria formula distinguishes itself from typical UNSC meetings due to its informal nature, which allows Arria formula meetings to have no obligations to meet the official requirements of typical UNSC meetings.)
The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, earlier sent an appeal to the UN High Commissioner with the demand to "condemn the actions of Ukraine" in connection with the events in Kursk Oblast.
The Ukrainian military does not violate restrictions on attacks by American weapons deep into Russia, the White House National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, stated on Aug. 9, while commenting on the events in Kursk Oblast to journalists.
The alleged breakthrough of Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk Oblast does not contradict the U.S. escalation management policy, and Ukraine has the right to use American weapons, Pentagon deputy spokesperson Sabrina Singh said earlier.
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 Aug. 6.
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 allegedly took control of the Sudzha gas metering station in Kursk Oblast, The Washington Post wrote on Aug. 8, citing an "adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."
On the first day of the raid alone, "Ukrainian forces" managed to seize three villages and surrounded the Sudzha checkpoint, according to DeepState monitoring group.
The fighting is taking place several tens of kilometers from the city, where the Kursk NPP is located, the mayor of Kurchatov, Ihor Korpunkov, claimed on Aug. 9. A video appeared on the Internet at the same time, on which, probably, the Ukrainian soldier reported about taking control of the Russian city of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast.
A video appeared on the Internet on August 9 showing more than ten pieces of burned Russian military equipment, mostly trucks, and the bodies of soldiers. The author of the video claims that he filmed it in the village of Oktyabrskoe. Russian Z-bloggers also reported on the ambushed military convoy allegedly after the strike by the Armed Forces.
The video with the crushed column of Russian equipment was shot near the village of Oktyabrskoe, near Rylsk, the department of the Russian service BBC Verify confirmed later.
490 "KIA" personnel were counted in the broken column, the editor-in-chief of Censor.NET Yuriy Butusov stated on Aug. 10, with reference to the Khorne Group unit of the 116th separate mechanized brigade.
A Ukrainian subversive and intelligence group allegedly entered the territory of Belaya district, bordering Sumy Oblast, acting Kursk governor, Aleksey Smirnov, said on Aug. 11.
Ukrainian troops apparently advanced 30 km deep into Russia, the BBC reported on Aug. 11.
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