The events in the Kursk region on August 6-7 became almost top-level and a number of media, including Ukrainian ones, spread inaccurate information that the USA intends to demand an explanation from Kyiv regarding the events in the Kursk region. It should be clarified that such messages first spread in the pro-Russian information segment. In fact, Washington did not demand such a thing.
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In fact, White House National Security Adviser John Kirby said otherwise, and Kremlin propaganda distorted the original statement.
“Nothing has changed in our policy to facilitate or encourage strikes or attacks inside Russia, of course, beyond what we have allowed them to do with weapons provided by the United States in the past, which is to target only imminent threats across the border […] We are turning to our Ukrainian colleagues to get along a little better,” said Kirby.
He added that the most appropriate thing is to “let Ukrainians talk about their activities in one way or another.”
“So I would refer you to the U.S. Army to talk about what they’re doing. Of course, our focus will be on making sure they have what they need to protect,” Kirby said.
Thus, no one talked about demanding an explanation from Kyiv. http://surl.li/jmqpru
However, before the full transcript of the press briefing was published on the official website of the White House, many media outlets, including Ukrainian ones, spread the information because it was manipulated and misinterpreted by propaganda.
We will remind that on Tuesday, August 6, the authorities of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation announced that the Armed Forces allegedly tried to break through the Russian border, but apparently managed to prevent it. Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that “the Ukrainian DRG retreated to its territory.”
The Main Directorate of Intelligence refused to comment on statements about the Kursk region. However, NV, referring to its own source in the GUR, writes that “fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), who fight as part of the Armed Forces, are definitely not involved in the events in Kurshchyna.”
On August 7, the Institute for the Study of War noted that the Russian Ministry of Defense, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast, Oleksiy Smirnov, and some propagandists have different versions of the events in Kursk Oblast.
On August 7, the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, gathered the military leadership of the Russian Federation due to the situation in the Kursk region, which he called a “large-scale provocation.” At this time, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called on the international community to “resolutely condemn the criminal attacks of the Kyiv regime on Russian territory.”
Based on the materials of the Espreso publication http://surl.li/vkjdcj