The President of the Russian Federation called the attack on the Kursk region "a large-scale provocation".

On the night of August 7, Ukrainian troops invaded the territory of the Kurs region of Russia. The Ukrainian side announced that a number of settlements were under control, and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the enemies were thrown out of the territory of Russia.

"The Kiev regime has carried out another large-scale provocation and is firing various weapons, including rockets, at civilian buildings, residential buildings, and ambulances," the head of state said at a meeting with members of the government.

Vladimir Putin noted that immediately after the meeting, he will hold a meeting with the heads of law-enforcement agencies, the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff, and the FSB and will hear their next reports on the situation in the Kursk region. .

"However, I would like to say that as a result of the conversation with the acting governor of the Kursk region, a number of civil agencies were given orders to provide the necessary assistance to the residents of the region, and I will also ask the government. This should be resolved immediately, " Putin said.

For information, on the night of August 7, Ukrainian troops tried to cross the border in the Kursk region of Russia.

According to the "Rybar" Telegram channel related to the Ministry of Defense of Russia, in the north-western part of the Kursk region, the Ukrainian military reached the outskirts of Leonidovka, crossed the Nikolaevo-Darino-Darino-Nizhny Klin border more than three kilometers deep. They took control of Lyubimovka settlements and captured the Sudja gas measuring station, where gas is transferred from Russia to Europe.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, about 300 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 11 tanks and 20 armored vehicles attacked the Russian border guards in the areas of Nikolaevo-Daryino and Oleshnya, directly adjacent to the Russian-Ukrainian border.

"Reserves of the Russian army group moved to the area of combat clashes along the Kursk direction. As a result of the fire, sixteen armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including six tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, four armored personnel carriers, three Kozak armored fighting vehicles and one engineering barrier were destroyed. ", the report says.

On August 7 , according to the ministry , units of the Russian Armed Forces, together with border agencies of the Russian FSB, "continued to destroy armed structures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region.

According to the statement, air, missile and artillery strikes were carried out in the settlements of Basovka, Juravka, Yunakovka, Belovodiy, Kiyani ts a, Korchakovka, Novaya Sich, Pavlovka, Gorodishche in the Sumy region of Ukraine . It was said that the "operation" is ongoing so that the Ukrainian units do not penetrate deep into the territory of Russia.

Alexey Smirnov, the acting governor of the Kursk region, informed Putin about the operational situation by telephone at night . Smirnov also noted that specialized doctors, including anesthesiologists and resuscitators, neurosurgeons, thoracic surgeons, pediatric surgeons, and paramedics have arrived in the region.

Andrey Loktionov, chief surgeon of the Kursk region, deputy chief physician for surgery of the multidisciplinary clinical hospital of the Kursk region, reported that the number of injured as a result of mass attacks in the Kursk region in the morning has reached 28 people.

According to the Russian state press, 5 people were killed and 24 others were injured as a result of the attacks in the Kursk region.

According to Belgorod's "Ashes" publication, Ukrainian Armed Forces captured at least six Russian soldiers. Ukrainian Telegram channels shared videos with some of them. It is said that among the prisoners there are conscripts.

Losses of Ukrainian troops

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 260 soldiers and 50 armored vehicles, including 7 tanks, 8 armored personnel carriers, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, and 31 armored fighting vehicles in the Kursk state border area.

Also, two self-propelled launchers of the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system, a UR-77 mine clearance device and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.