It is ironic that Russia, which attacked Ukraine, is talking about a “provocation” in Kursk, Miller said.
The United States is contacting Ukraine about the operation in Russia’s Kursk region. This is what US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a briefing on Wednesday, August 7.
According to him, it is unusual that “the Ukrainians do not tell us their exact tactics before they implement them.”
“We are talking to the Ukrainians about this particular operation. I will give them the opportunity to talk about what operations they are conducting and what goals they are pursuing. It is right that they talk about it publicly, not us. The decision is how Ukraine conducts its military operations, these are decisions made by Ukraine,” Miller said.
A State Department spokesman said nothing has changed in US policy regarding authorization to strike with American weapons across the border or to strike Russian military targets across the border.
Miller was asked if the Ukrainians “have the right to make Russia feel the consequences of their own illegal actions, except for US weapons.” Miller replied that “these are all decisions that remain in Ukraine.”
“I have seen messages from the Russian authorities that they call this a ‘provocation’, because Russia has violated the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine since 2014,” said the US State Department spokesperson.
We remind you that on August 6, the Russian media reported about the attempts of the Ukrainian military to enter the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. Currently, according to Russian “military officials”, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have occupied a number of settlements in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense, a day after the “border breakthrough” announced by the Russian media, acknowledged the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. The head of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, said Russian troops had “stopped the enemy’s advance” deeper into the territory.
The Ukrainian side did not comment on the incident in the Kursk region.
Source: korrespondent
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