Russian Armed Forces General Staff Chief: Advance of the Ukrainian armed units deep into Russia along the Kursk direction is stopped

07.08.2024, Moscow.

The Russian military stopped the advance of the Ukrainian armed units deep into Russian territory along the Kursk direction, Russian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov said at a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the military and law enforcement heads on August 7.

“The enemy’s advance deep into Russian territory along the Kursk direction has been stopped,” Gerasimov said.

He also said that the number of Ukrainian units trying to seize a piece of territory in the Sujan district of Kursk Region amounted to up to 1,000 people.

Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency