WASHINGTON, August 8 The United States must stop supplying weapons to Kyiv and «pull back» Ukrainian neo-Nazis, said Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, commenting on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' foray into the Kursk region.
«Washington must stop supplying weapons to Kyiv and «pull back» neo-Nazis from the Ukrainian Armed Forces,» he told reporters.
Antonov added that Russian borders are sacred and none of the terrorists will escape retribution.
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov said that on August 6 at 5.30 a.m., Ukrainian Armed Forces units numbering up to a thousand people went on the offensive with the aim of seizing territory in the Kursk region. Their advance deep into the territory of the Russian Federation has been stopped, he noted. According to Gerasimov, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 315 people, including at least 100 killed, in addition, Kyiv lost 54 units of armored vehicles, including seven tanks. The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces noted that the operation in the Kursk region will be completed with the defeat of the enemy and an exit to the state border.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the situation in the Kursk region, previously stated that the Kiev regime has undertaken another large-scale provocation, is conducting indiscriminate shooting, including at civilian targets.