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Breaking news! Another Russian state enters federal state of emergency

2024-08-15

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CCTV reporters learned that on August 15 local time, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced that Belgorod Oblast had entered a federal state of emergency.

According to the news released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the evening of the 14th, at 22:15 local time on the 14th in Moscow, the Russian air defense system shot down a Ukrainian drone in Belgorod Oblast. Ukraine did not respond to the relevant statement.



According to previous reports, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced on the 9th that the Kursk Oblast of Russia has entered a federal state of emergency.
  
Kursk Oblast and Belgorod Oblast are located in southwestern Russia, both bordering Ukraine.

"About 12,000 Ukrainian troops entered Russia"


The news that Ukrainian troops crossed the border into Russia's Kursk Oblast has caused controversy in recent days.According to the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 14th, the Russian military commander said,About 12,000 Ukrainian soldiers entered Russia's Kursk Oblast, including a large number of foreign mercenaries.

According to reports, Major General Apti Alaudinov, deputy director of the Russian Ministry of Defense's Military and Political Work Directorate and commander of the "Akhmat" special forces, said that at 5:30 a.m. on August 6,Up to 1,000 Ukrainian troops launched an offensive with the aim of occupying the territory of Kursk Oblast. Since then, about 12,000 Ukrainian soldiers have entered Kursk Oblast, including a large number of foreign mercenaries, most of whom have been annihilated.
On the 14th local time, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced thatThe Russian army repelled six rounds of attacks by the Ukrainian army in the border area of ​​Kursk Oblast.The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out air strikes on the reserve forces of the Ukrainian army in several settlements in Sumy Oblast. In the past day, the Russian army killed and wounded 270 Ukrainian military personnel, captured 18 Ukrainian soldiers, and destroyed 2 tanks, 1 armored personnel carrier and 13 other types of armored vehicles.


On the same day, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that he had listened to the report of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Serski, on the actions of the Ukrainian army in all major directions of the front. Zelensky said that the Ukrainian army made further progress in the Kursk region, advancing one to two kilometers in different directions that day, and captured more than 100 Russian soldiers. He also said that the strength of the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region will be strengthened.


Russia says it will evacuate civilians, Ukraine says it has no intention of occupying

Russia and Ukraine have different accounts of the war in Kursk Oblast.

According to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian troops prevented Ukrainian troops from advancing further in several villages 26 to 28 kilometers from the border in Kursk Oblast. Russian officials said that about 121,000 Russian civilians have been evacuated.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on the 13th that Ukraine has "no interest" in occupying Kursk Oblast, and the Ukrainian army's offensive is aimed at protecting its people. According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Russia has launched attacks on Ukraine from Kursk Oblast in recent months using artillery, missiles, drones and other weapons.

On the same day, Myhaylo Podolak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, said that the raid on Kursk Oblast was one of Ukraine's military means to force Russia to engage in peace talks. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also stated that "the sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace... the sooner the Ukrainian army's raid on Russia will end."


source:China News Network integrates CCTV news and Global Times