Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian invasion of Russia's Kursk region is a "large-scale provocation,", Reuters quoted him as saying.
"As you know, the regime in Kiev undertook another large-scale provocation. "He fired indiscriminately with various types of weapons, including rockets, at civilian buildings, residential buildings and ambulances," Putin claimed
Moscow clinics are ready to treat victims from the Kursk region. This was stated by the mayor of the capital Sergey Sobyanin in his Telegram channel.
Russian President Vladimir Putin tasked First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov to coordinate efforts to provide assistance to the residents of the Kursk Region.
"I would like to say that based on my conversation with the Acting Governor of the Kursk Region (Alexei Smirnov), instructions were given to a number of civil departments to provide the necessary assistance to the residents of the region and that the government will take care of this immediately" , the president said, opening a meeting with cabinet members. He assigned First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov to coordinate this work at the initial stage.
The ministry sent reserves on Tuesday to help repel hundreds of Ukrainian fighters, backed by tanks, who had invaded Kursk region across the border. This is probably one of the biggest sabotage actions on the territory of Russia during the war, already for more than two years.
The situation is "controllable," said Alexei Smirnov, acting governor of the southwestern Russian region, in posts on the Telegram messaging app.
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to support the Kursk Region in every way. Smirnov announced this in a video message on his Telegram channel.
The head of one of the regions of the Kursk region called on residents to limit movement around the village due to the worsening situation in the border area.
"Dear residents of Korenevsky district! Please limit traffic around the village for your safety," wrote the head of the Koreniv district, Marina Degtyareva.
The Korenevsky region borders the Suzha region of the Kursk region - last night the regional center of Suzha, located 10 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border, came under fire from the Ukrainian armed forces.
5 people were killed as a result of the attack on the Suzhan district of the Kursk region.
The enemy continued to develop its offensive to the north along the Suja-Korenevo highway. Still no movement towards Suja. He managed to control several more settlements. The total progress in just over 24 hours was approximately 15 km, the Russian military Telegram channel "Two Majors" reported.
In the border areas, medical facilities replenish the stocks of donor blood. The governor personally explained where blood can be donated.
The region has announced several air raid alerts in the past 24 hours, Smirnov's posts show. As of Wednesday morning, there were no reports of fighting in new territories.
Five people were killed, including two ambulance crews, and at least 20 people were injured, including six children, in the fighting that broke out on Tuesday, Russian officials said.