Russian President Vladimir Putin has started a meeting with the heads of security agencies, the Defense Ministry, the General Staff and the Federal Security Service (FSB) on the situation in the Kursk Region, TASS reports.
Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu and FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov are taking part in the meeting in person, while General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov participates in the meeting in a videoconference format.
The Russian president announced such a meeting earlier at a summit with members of the government, which he held earlier at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow. Putin emphasized that "Kiev regime has undertaken another large-scale provocation, firing indiscriminately from different types of weapons, including rockets, at civilian buildings, residential houses, ambulances."
Earlier, Putin held a meeting with Acting Kursk Region Governor Alexey Smirnov and instructed governmental agencies to help the region’s citizens. He appointed First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov to supervise this work.
