the war is in Russia – The Time

The Kremlin’s anger and the countermeasures for the Kursk offensive. Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a meeting of the permanent members of the Federation Security Council, announcing that he wanted to discuss a “very important issue that concerns some aspects of the fight against terrorism”. Putin, as reported by the Ria Novosti agency, then gave the floor to the director of the FSB, Aleksander Bortnikov. The southern Russian region of Kursk has been the scene of an unprecedented offensive by the Ukrainian armed forces for four days, which has triggered the maximum emergency level. The Russian army has announced that it is deploying more troops and ammunition to stop the Ukrainian incursion, particularly in the Sudzha area. “The columns marching towards the mission areas include BM-21 Grad multiple launch missile systems, towed artillery pieces, tanks, heavy tracked vehicles, Ural and Kamaz vehicles”, the Moscow Defense Ministry said, cited by Russian agencies. Since last Tuesday, the Kursk region has been the scene of an unprecedented offensive that is concentrated on part of the territory of the Sudzhansky district.

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The Russian military has confirmed that fighting with Ukrainian forces continues for the fourth day in the Kursk region, where the emergency has been raised from the “regional” level to the “federal” level, the highest. This was reported by Ria Novosti citing the Civil Defense. “The army continues to repel the attempt of Ukrainian forces to penetrate deep into the Kursk region,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. “The operation to destroy Ukrainian army formations continues,” the Russian ministry said, assuring that it will “thwart” Ukrainian raids. According to the Moscow bulletin, the total losses of the enemy army, in four days of offensive, amount to 945 fallen soldiers. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone has hit another Russian military helicopter in the Kursk region. This was reported by a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to the Kyiv Independent. This is the second case reported this week.