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It's important to keep on destroying the enemy as effectively and steadfastly as our soldiers can to help the defence of our country ...,
The enemy's advance deep into territory in the Kursk direction was stopped by the actions of the units covering the state border together with border guards and reinforcement units, with airstrikes, missile and artillery fire,
Gerasimov said in televised comments The Kyiv regime has launched another major provocation,
President Vladimir Putin told members of the Russian government, referring to the attack in Kursk region In the last 24 hours, our region has been heroically resisting attacks,
Governor Smirnov said, also urging local residents to donate blood I'll let the Ukrainians speak to their operations, one way or the other, that's most appropriate. We're going to stay focused on making sure they have what they need to defend themselves,
The more pressure put on Russia, the aggressor which brought war to Ukraine, the closer we come to peace. A just peace [achieved] through just strength."
In his daily televised remarks on Wednesday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made no reference to the reported Kursk incursion, but did say To eliminate the consequences of enemy forces coming into the region, I took the decision to introduce a state of emergency in the Kursk region from 7 August,
said Kursk's acting Governor Alexei Smirnov on Wednesday evening