Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out “terrorist acts” on its territory and promised a firm response, UNIAN agency reported.
The spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian territory have one goal - to intimidate the civilian population.
„It is obvious that Ukrainian missile attacks and drone attacks against Russian regions have a marked terrorist character. We have no doubt that the organizers and perpetrators of these crimes, including their foreign curators, will bear firm responsibility for them. The response from the Russian forces will not be late“, Zakharova said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday for the first time commented on the entry of Ukrainian forces into the southern Russian Kursk region. Ukraine proves that it is "capable of providing justice" and to put "pressure on the aggressor", the Ukrainian president said. Neither Zelensky nor the military in Kiev provided more details about the current state of the Ukrainian troops' offensive on Russian territory.
Western publications comment that the Russian army still cannot repel the Ukrainian invasion. For the first time since World War II, a foreign army invaded the Russian Federation. This is a huge humiliation for Putin's regime and the image he is trying to create.