Moscow has strongly criticized some Western media outlets for their coverage of the Kursk region, including launching a criminal investigation against Italian journalists for television reporting.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced today that it had summoned the US ambassador’s deputy, Stephanie Holmes, to “express a strong protest against the provocative actions of American reporters who entered the territory Kursk illegally.”
The ministry did not mention specific media in its statement, but it announced that they are planning the necessary investigative actions to bring the reporters to justice.
Over the past few days, several US media outlets have published reports from the city of Suzh, Kursk Oblast, in Ukraine. This has been another reason for Russia to accuse the US of being directly involved in the war in Ukraine.
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On August 6, the first news about the Ukrainian army appeared attack in the Kursk region of Russia. Representatives of the Ukrainian forces say that during the attack, they managed to capture dozens of towns and take control of up to 1,000 square kilometers of land.
Ukraine still avoids mentioning the news about this military operation, but it says – destroyed in Russia the normal form of life, war for the Russian people must feel themselves.
Analysts consideringthat Ukraine is trying to achieve several goals with this military operation: to weaken the supply routes of the Russian army, to force Moscow to withdraw part of its forces from the territory of Ukraine, to improve the mood of the Ukrainian people by humiliating the Putin, as well as to improve the situation of Ukraine before possible peace talks.
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2024-08-20 18:16:59
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