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On August 12, local time, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tischi said at a press conference that Ukraine has no intention of "taking over" the territory occupied during the cross-border offensive in the Kursk region of western Russia, and called Ukraine's actions "absolutely legal."

"The sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace, the sooner the Ukrainian Defense Forces' incursions into Russian territory will stop. As long as Putin continues the war, he will receive this response from Ukraine," Tihi said, adding that Ukraine's actions in the Kursk region are helping to ease pressure on the front line because it prevents Russia from sending additional troops to the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.

On August 6, Ukrainian troops entered the Kursk region of Russia. On the 12th, Zelensky released a video speech saying that when the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Serski, reported to him on the battle situation, the Ukrainian army had controlled about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory in the Kursk region. However, the US Institute for the Study of War said that the Ukrainian army may control about 800 square kilometers of Russian territory.

On the 12th, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the border situation, saying that Ukraine, with the help of the West, was trying to gain more bargaining chips for future negotiations by launching an offensive on the Kursk region. "The main task of the Russian Ministry of Defense is to drive the enemy out of our territory."

Alexey Smirnov, acting governor of Kursk Oblast, said at the meeting that the Ukrainian army currently controls 28 settlements in Kursk Oblast, and the situation of about 2,000 people in these settlements is unknown. The Ukrainian army's attack has killed 12 people and injured 121 people, including 10 children. At present, about 121,000 people have evacuated from the state and 59,000 are being evacuated. Nikolai Volobuyev, the mayor of the Belovsky District near the Kursk region, expanded the scope of the evacuation and called the situation "very serious."

(Editor: The Old Man and the Sea)