While the Ukrainian army is conducting a special military operation in the Kursk region, security measures have been increased in the capital Moscow.
Baza reports that the authorities in Moscow and the Moscow region expect an infiltration of subversive groups. Special forces from various structures have strengthened security in the center of the capital, with special attention around the Kremlin.
Employees with vending machines are on duty around the clock. Earlier, sources close to the Kremlin told The Moscow Times that President Vladimir Putin was extremely nervous and angry – it hasn't been like that for years. He is enraged by the Ukrainian invasion, which caught the Russian army off guard.
There was panic in the Kremlin a year ago when Prigozhin rebelled with his private army “Wagner”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that his country controls 74 settlements on Russian territory, where Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive last week.
Zelensky said that Ukraine has once again proven that it is capable of taking the initiative. "We once again proved that in any situation, we, the Ukrainians, are capable of achieving our goals. We are capable of protecting our interests and our independence," the Ukrainian president emphasized.
„Hundreds of Russian soldiers have already surrendered and all of them will receive humane treatment - they did not have such treatment even in their own Russian army,” Zelensky also said, quoted by Meduza.
Russia criticized Ukraine's Western allies at the United Nations today for not condemning Kiev's incursion into Russia's Kursk region, accusing Ukrainian forces of killing civilians and questioning the goals of the cross-border offensive, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
Ukraine's UN Security Council allies, including the US, France and Britain, stood firm in their support for Kiev during an informal meeting of the council called at Russia's request. They did not mention anything about the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region. "We will not recognize the aggressor as a victim," said senior Slovenian diplomat Klemen Ponikvar, one of several people who accused Russia of hypocrisy, double standards and wasting the Security Council's time.
Kiev and Moscow deny attacking civilians in the war, which has killed thousands and displaced millions of Ukrainians. During the informal meeting of the Security Council, American, British and French diplomats made a series of accusations against Russia for violations of international humanitarian law and human rights in Ukraine. In turn, diplomats from Syria, Belarus and North Korea expressed their support for Russia at the informal meeting of the council.