Editor
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.
Speaking by way of videoconference to a gathering of Russian politicians, together with the governors of Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk areas, Putin mentioned the “safety points” that had arisen in Kursk had been “issues which are the duty of the safety forces.”
He added that Moscow would work with “native and regional authorities” and “safety businesses” to “play a optimistic position in reaching the objectives that now we have right here.”
Kyiv’s troops invaded Kursk, which borders Ukraine, in a shock offensive earlier this month, main the area’s governor to declare a state of emergency.
Ukraine has captured greater than 90 Russian settlements in Kursk, based on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
