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Xinhua News Agency, Moscow/Kiev, August 19 (Xinhua) -- Russian presidential aide Ushakov told the media that Russia will not hold talks with Ukraine at this stage, according to a report by RIA Novosti on August 19. Ukrainian President Zelensky stressed on the 19th that the Ukrainian army is achieving its set goals in the Kursk region.

Ushakov said that considering that Ukraine is launching a military adventure, it is completely inappropriate to enter into a negotiation process at this time. He also stressed that President Putin's previous initiative to resolve the Ukrainian crisis has not been canceled, and how the situation will develop in the future depends on the battlefield situation, including the battlefield situation in the Kursk direction.

Zelensky posted on his social media account on the 19th that fierce fighting around Pokrovsk and other places in the Donetsk region is still going on, and Ukraine is working hard to provide weapons to the front line. In addition, the Ukrainian army is achieving its set goals in the Kursk region.

Zelensky delivered a video speech on the evening of the 18th, saying that the current top priority of the Ukrainian army's overall defensive operation is to weaken Russia's combat capabilities as much as possible and launch a maximum counterattack, including establishing a buffer zone on Russian territory through operations in the Kursk region.

According to a report by TASS on the 19th, in an interview with TASS, the deputy director of the Military and Political General Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, Alaudinov, said that the 18th was a very difficult day. The Ukrainian side launched several attacks in Kursk, but the Ukrainian side lost a large number of personnel and equipment. He said that the Ukrainian army was redeploying and trying to attack from another direction. He stressed that the Russian army controlled the situation, closely monitored the movements of the Ukrainian army and was ready to fight.

Data released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the 19th showed that in the past day, the Ukrainian army lost more than 330 people and 4 tanks in the Kursk direction. In the entire battle in Kursk Oblast, the Ukrainian army has lost more than 3,800 people and 54 tanks.

The Russian Defense Ministry also stated that the Russian army continued to advance in the Donbas region and occupied more advantageous defense lines and positions in many areas, including control of the large settlement of Artyomovo in the Donetsk region.