KURSK: Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov announced on Tuesday that Russia has established three troop groups in the border regions as Ukraine continues its offensive there, according to local media reported the same day.
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The three troop groups are named after the regions of Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk, TASS news agency reported, citing Belousov at a defense coordination meeting.
The troop groups will be responsible for defending Russian residents and territory against attacks by drones and other means.
Belousov also said at the meeting that the governors of the three regions have established direct contact with the military commanders in the three regions and also the leaders of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Russia has also set up a special working team to collect, analyze and forward the information from various regions and to supervise their resolution.
Ukraine started a military operation in Russia’s western Kursk region on August 6. The Ukrainian army has seized more than 1,250 square km of Russian territory and taken control of 92 settlements in Russia’s western Kursk region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday.
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Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday it had thwarted Ukrainian attempts to attack four settlements in Kursk and Ukraine had lost 350 servicemen and 25 armored vehicles in the Kursk direction over the past day.