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Reference News reported on August 8According to a report on the Singapore Lianhe Zaobao website on August 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Ukrainian armed forces of launching an attack on the Kursk Oblast in southern Russia as another "large-scale provocation."

According to reports, Putin convened a meeting of Russian government members and heads of powerful departments on the 7th to discuss the situation in Kursk Oblast. At the meeting, Putin said that the Ukrainian army used various weapons to carry out "indiscriminate attacks" on Kursk Oblast, including using missiles to attack civilian buildings. Putin asked all Russian regions to provide support for Kursk Oblast.

Russian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gerasimov said that the Ukrainian army launched an offensive on Kursk Oblast on the 6th with the aim of occupying Russian territory.

Ukraine has yet to make an official response to the attack in Kursk Oblast.

The report also said that Kursk Oblast Acting Governor Smirnov announced on the evening of the 7th that due to the difficult combat situation in the border area of ​​Kursk Oblast, the state will enter a state of emergency from now on.

Smirnov said local governments had organized the evacuation of more than 200 residents from the affected areas, and thousands more were evacuated by private transportation.

The Russian Ministry of Health said that the Ukrainian army's attack on Kursk Oblast killed at least five civilians and injured 31 people, including six children.