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[Global Times Report] According to Reuters and other media reports, against the backdrop of Ukraine's attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast, U.S. President Biden told reporters on the 13th local time that in the past 6 to 8 days, he had been briefed on Ukraine's actions about every four or five hours.

According to the news released on the White House website, when asked "what is your opinion on what is happening in Russia and Ukraine and whether you have talked to people from the Ukrainian government", Biden told reporters on the 13th, "In the past 6 to 8 days, I have been talking to the team frequently, about once every four or five hours... We have been in direct and frequent contact with Ukrainian personnel."

Reuters reported that White House Press Secretary Karina Jean-Pierre was asked about the Ukrainian army's attack in Russia at a press conference on the 13th. The report said that Jean-Pierre said that Ukraine did not inform the United States in advance and the United States "did not participate" in the Ukrainian army's action.

According to TASS and other media reports, the Ukrainian army raided Russia's Kursk Oblast on the 6th, and then the two sides clashed in the state. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the situation on Russia's southern border on the 12th. Kursk Oblast Acting Governor Smirnov reported at the meeting that the Ukrainian army controlled 28 settlements in the state, and the situation of about 2,000 people living in these settlements was unknown. About 121,000 people in the state have been evacuated. Putin said at the meeting that Russia will resolutely respond to Ukraine's series of provocations in the border area. He also said that Russia will evaluate the situation in the Russian-Ukrainian border area, and it is the current priority to drive Ukraine out of Russian territory and effectively defend the border area.