Putin Holds Meeting With Defense Minister To Discuss Ukrainian Attacks On Russian Borders

Russian President Vladimir Putin/Obviously Valery Sharifulin/POOL/TASS

JAKARTA - Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the heads of security agencies, the Ministry of Defense, General Staff and the Federal Security Service (FSB) regarding the situation in Kursk following the Ukraine attack.

Reported by TASS, Wednesday, August 7, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Secretary of the Security Council Sergey Shoigu and FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov participated in the meeting in person.

Meanwhile, General Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov participated in the meeting in a video conference format.

Putin stressed that the Kyiv regime carried out other massive provocations, firing various types of indiscriminate weapons, including rockets, into civilian buildings, residential houses, ambulances.

Previously, Putin held a meeting with Acting Regional Governor Kursk Alexei Smirnov and instructed government agencies to help residents of the region. He appointed Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov to oversee this work.

A massive Ukrainian attack on Russia's Kursk Region took place on August 6. As a result of the shootings and drone strikes, five residents in the region were killed.

According to the Russian Ministry of Health, 24 people were injured, including six children.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said attacks deep into Russian territory were not allowed, operations to destroy Ukrainian formations in the country's border region continued.

Ukraine's losses during the day's fighting amounted to 260 warplanes and 50 armored vehicles, including tanks and anti-aircraft missile systems.