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Xinhua News Agency, Moscow/Kiev, August 14 (Xinhua) -- Russian Belgorod Oblast Governor Gladkov announced a state of emergency in the state on August 14. The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on August 13 that Ukraine has no intention of occupying Kursk Oblast in western Russia.

Gladkov said in a video speech released on social media that the current situation in Belgorod Oblast is extremely tense and complicated. The Ukrainian armed forces carry out shelling every day, causing damage to houses and civilian casualties. Belgorod Oblast has decided to implement a regional state of emergency throughout the province from the 14th, with the aim of strengthening protection for residents and providing additional assistance to victims.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tikshi said on the 13th that the main purpose of the Ukrainian army's operations in Kursk Oblast is to protect the country from Russian missile attacks and has no intention of occupying the state. Since the beginning of summer this year, the Russian army has launched more than 2,000 strikes from Kursk Oblast to Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine.

Tikshi stressed that the Ukrainian army cannot yet carry out long-range strikes on Russian positions, so it is necessary to clear Russian military forces from the border area. The current offensive in Kursk Oblast has restrained Russia from sending additional troops to the Donetsk region and disrupted the Russian army's logistics work.

Ukrainian President Zelensky said on social media on the 13th that the Ukrainian army's offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast is still continuing. Ukraine has controlled 74 local settlements and Ukraine's "bargaining chips" are increasing.

On the 13th, Bortnikov, chairman of the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee and director of the Russian Federal Security Service, said that Ukraine carried out a terrorist attack on Kursk Oblast with the support of the West, targeting civilians and civilian facilities.

On the 13th, the deputy director of the Military and Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, Alaudinov, said in a program on the "Russia-1" TV channel that the Russian army is controlling the situation in Kursk Oblast. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the 13th that the Russian army successfully prevented the Ukrainian army from breaking through in the Kursk direction. In the battle in the Kursk direction, the Ukrainian side has lost more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 200 armored vehicles.

The Ukrainian army launched an attack on Kursk Oblast on the 6th, and then fierce clashes broke out between the two sides in the state. (End)