EGN NEWS DESK
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 through videoconference to a gathering of Russian politicians, together with the governors of Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk areas, Putin stated the “safety points” that had arisen in Kursk have been “issues which might be the duty of the safety forces.”
He added that Moscow would work with “native and regional authorities” and “safety companies” to “play a constructive function in attaining the targets that we’ve got 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, in line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
