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Putin and Zelensky held separate meetings on August 12.

According to CCTV News, on the 12th local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the security situation in Kursk Oblast. Kursk Oblast chief Smirnov reported to Putin: The situation is very complicated now. Just today, 28 settlements were controlled by the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian army penetrated 12 kilometers into the territory and fought within a range of 40 kilometers...

According to CCTV News, on August 12, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on social media that he convened a meeting of the Supreme Command that day. At the meeting, Ukrainian Army Commander-in-Chief Sersky reported: About 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory are now under the control of the Ukrainian army...

The situation is serious and the battle is intense.

Updated at 07:34 on August 13

Ukrainian army claims to have controlled about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory

According to CCTV News, on August 12, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky listened to the report of Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Sersky on the front-line defense operations and Kursk Operation at the Supreme Command Meeting. Sersky stated at the meeting that the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently control about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory.

Updated at 23:44 on August 12

Russia releases video of attack on Ukrainian troops in Kursk Oblast

Updated at 20:53 on August 12

Putin says top priority is to drive Ukrainian troops out of Russian territory

On August 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the situation in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Putin pointed out that "the West is fighting against us (Russia) under the guise of Ukrainians." He stressed that "the most urgent and important thing at the moment is to immediately drive the Ukrainian army out of Russian territory." Putin said that "Ukraine is trying to gain more bargaining chips for negotiations by launching an attack on Kursk Oblast."

Updated at 20:38 on August 12

28 settlements in Kursk Oblast, Russia, are controlled by Ukrainian troops

On August 12, local time, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that a total of 28 settlements and about 2,000 people in Kursk Oblast were controlled by the Ukrainian army. At present, a total of 121,000 people have been evacuated from the border area in Kursk Oblast. The Ukrainian army's attack has killed 12 civilians in the state and injured 121 people.

Updated at 18:25 on August 12

Zelensky reveals the purpose of attacking Russian mainland

Zelensky mentioned the Ukrainian military operations in Kursk for the first time in a video speech delivered on the evening of the 10th. He said that he received several reports from Alexander Sersky, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on the front-line battles and the Ukrainian side's actions to advance the front line into Russian territory that day, and "Ukraine is proving that it is indeed capable of exerting the necessary pressure... (on Russia)".

Updated at 17:45 on August 12

China responds to Ukrainian troops entering Russian territory

Recently, Ukrainian troops invaded Kursk Oblast in Russia. In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on all parties to abide by the "three principles" to cool down the situation and expressed its willingness to play a constructive role in resolving the crisis.

Updated at 17:37 on August 12

Russia's Kursk region decides to evacuate residents from Belovsky district

The acting governor of Russia's Kursk Oblast said on the 12th local time that the Kursk Oblast Combat Command decided to evacuate residents from the Belovsky District.

Updated at 13:12 on August 12

Russia: A Ukrainian convoy was destroyed in Kursk Oblast

Reference News Network reported on August 12 that according to the Russian Satellite News Agency on August 11, Ramzan Kadyrov, the chief executive of the Russian Chechen Republic, said on the 11th that a convoy of soldiers and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kursk Oblast, Russia, had been eliminated. According to the report, Kadyrov said that the remnants of the Ukrainian army had been besieged near the site of the exchange of fire.

Updated at 06:39 on August 11

Explosions heard in Ukraine's capital Kiev

According to CCTV News, based on reports from AFP and Reuters, explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev from the night of the 10th to the early morning of the 11th local time.

Updated at 18:08, August 10

Russian Defense Ministry: Use thermobaric bombs to strike Ukrainian troops in Kursk Oblast

Reference News Network reported on August 10 that according to the Russian Satellite News Agency on August 10, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber used ODAB-500 bombs to attack the Ukrainian army's manpower and equipment in the border area of ​​Kursk Oblast in the early morning of the 10th.

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