Kursk, with the Ukrainians also “American mercenaries”. The Russian accusation and the escalation of terror –

Ultimatum to Russian armed forces: stop Ukrainian advance on Russian territory. President Vladimir Putin has ordered his army to expel Ukrainian troops and liberate the Kursk region by October 1. This is reported by Rbc-Ukraine. However, their task is to do so without withdrawing forces from key areas in Donbass where Russia is conducting an offensive, especially in the Pokrovsk and Toretsk directions.

But there is another aspect that is raising international concern and that could extend the conflict to NATO countries. There is “emerging evidence” of the participation of “American private military companies alongside the Ukrainian armed forces during the invasion of the territory of the Russian Federation” in the Kursk region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said to the US charge d’affaires in the country, Stephanie Holmes. The US official was summoned to the ministry to receive the message from Moscow.

Meanwhile, more than 122,000 Russians have fled the border areas in the wake of the Ukrainian offensive, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in recent days that his troops have captured more than a thousand square kilometers and 92 settlements in Kursk.