President Vladimir Putin has a message for the Russian area the place Ukraine has seized greater than 1,000 sq. kilometers of territory: Don’t blame me.
Talking by means of videoconference to a gathering of Russian politicians, together with the governors of Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk areas, Putin stated the “safety problems” that had arisen in Kursk have been “issues which might be the duty of the safety forces.”
He added that Moscow would paintings with “native and regional government” and “safety businesses” to “play a favorable position in attaining the targets that we’ve got right here.”
Kyiv’s troops invaded Kursk, which borders Ukraine, in a wonder offensive previous this month, main the area’s governor to claim a state of emergency.
Ukraine has captured greater than 90 Russian settlements in Kursk, consistent with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
