Russian President Vladimir Putin tasked Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the FSB, and Aleksey Dyumin, Secretary of Russia's State Council, to take overall control of the counter-terrorist operation to expel Ukrainian forces from Kursk.
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Putin tasked Bortnikov and Dyumin with overall control of counter-terrorist operation in Kursk
TASS reported on Aug. 10 that over 76,000 residents of Kursk Oblast had been evacuated.
Elements of the DPR's irregular forces arrived in the Kursk region after offensive operations in the Donetsk region.
They sat under Komarivka for four days. They were actually surrounded, could not get out because strikes were constantly hitting their positions.
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