MOSCOW, Russia
Ukraine's attack on the Russian border will receive a "worthy response" and the Russian military's main task is to knock the Ukrainian forces out of Russian territories, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.
"The enemy will certainly
receive a worthy response, and all the goals facing us will undoubtedly be
achieved," the Russian leader said at an operational meeting via
videoconference on the situation in the border regions.
Putin said it is obvious that
the Ukrainian army will continue to try to destabilize the situation in the
border zone in order to destabilize the internal political situation in Russia.
The president called on the
Russian Federal Security Service, together with the National Guard, to ensure
the regime of the counter-terrorism operation and an effective fight against
Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the border regions.
Ukrainian forces crossed the
Russian border last Tuesday and broke into parts of Russia's Kursk region.
Currently, the Ukrainian military holds 28 settlements in the region, according
to Alexei Smirnov, the region's acting governor.
The situation in the Kursk
region is complicated, Smirnov said, adding that about 120,000 people had been
evacuated.
In the neighboring Belgorod
region to the south, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov also said on Monday
the region has begun relocating its residents in the Krasnoyaruzhsky District
to safer places amid increased military activity near the Ukrainian border.
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