٠٠:٠٠:٤٠Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the leadership of the United Group of Forces on Saturday to discuss countermeasures against Kiev’s ongoing incursion into the Kursk region.
Footage shows Putin listening to reports from Valeri Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and Sergei Rudskoy, Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff.
According to the Kremlin’s press service, the meeting took place in one of the Defence Ministry's command centres.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 120,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Putin meets with military commanders to discuss countermeasures against AFU incursion into Russian territory
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the leadership of the United Group of Forces on Saturday to discuss countermeasures against Kiev’s ongoing incursion into the Kursk region.
Footage shows Putin listening to reports from Valeri Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and Sergei Rudskoy, Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff.
According to the Kremlin’s press service, the meeting took place in one of the Defence Ministry's command centres.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 120,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the leadership of the United Group of Forces on Saturday to discuss countermeasures against Kiev’s ongoing incursion into the Kursk region.
Footage shows Putin listening to reports from Valeri Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and Sergei Rudskoy, Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff.
According to the Kremlin’s press service, the meeting took place in one of the Defence Ministry's command centres.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 120,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.