The attack by Ukrainian formations on Kursk Region does not violate international law, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said.
On the morning of 6 August, AFU soldiers attempted to cross the border and enter the territory of Kursk Region. The Russian Defence Ministry said that about 300 Ukrainian soldiers attacked the positions of Russian troops near the settlements of Oleshnya and Nikolayevo-Dariyno.
In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 7,800 servicemen, 75 tanks, 36 infantry fighting vehicles, 64 armoured personnel carriers, 507 armoured fighting vehicles, 235 vehicles, 53 artillery pieces, 15 multiple rocket launchers, including four HIMARS and one MLRS, five anti-aircraft missile launchers, 11 electronic warfare stations, one counter-battery radar, an air defence radar, five pieces of engineering equipment, including two engineering demolition vehicles. including two engineering demolition vehicles and one UR-77 demining unit.
‘Under international law, it is not limited by the border’, Jens Stoltenberg told Die Welt, adding that Ukraine has the right to self-defence.
The publication noted that this is the first time that NATO has supported the invasion of Ukrainian troops into the Russian region. Stoltenberg also recognised that the AFU operation in the Kursk region was fraught with risks.
‘But it’s Ukraine’s decision how to defend itself,’ he concluded.
Recall, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Western ideas of the new world order hypocrisy. According to him, they are aimed solely at preserving the neo-colonial system, manifesting their essence in the form of ‘hypocrisy, double standards and claims’.
