Moscow says it has stopped Ukrainian offensives

The images released by the Russian military are intended to show that Moscow is reacting forcefully to the Ukrainian incursion. In a press release published ontied dimanch August 11the Minister of Defense declares to have stopped the Ukrainian offensive attempts by air strikes. kyiv communicates very little on this offensive which has been going on for six days. President Volodymyr Zelensky only hints at it without providing any details.”I am grateful to each unit of our defense forces… Ukraine proves that it can enforce justice and ensures exactly the kind of pressure that is needed: pressure on the aggressor.“.

On the Russian side, evacuations continue. On board of a tRain arriving at a Moscow train station, dozens of civilians are evacuated from the Kursk region.It’s scary to see helicopters overhead all the time. I left as soon as I could“, says a Russian citizen. According to the Russian authorities, 76,000 people have been moved to safe places. Very little is known about this Ukrainian offensive on Russian territory, about a thousand men are participating in it. The aim is apparently to catch the aggressor off guard.