Russia’s Belgorod Declares Federal Emergency as Battles Rage in Next-Door Kursk

Published on August 15, 2024

Russian authorities have declared a federal state of emergency in the western Belgorod region amid an ongoing Ukrainian cross-border offensive in the neighboring region of Kursk. “I propose designating the emergency situation in the Belgorod region as a federal emergency and launching a response at the federal level,” Alexander Kurenkov, Russia’s emergencies minister, said at a meeting on Aug. 15, according to Russian news agency TASS. Kurenkov described the situation in Kursk, which sits northwest of Belgorod, as “complicated and tense.” According to the minister, ongoing Ukrainian attacks in Kursk have led to steadily mounting civilian casualties in the region and widespread material damage....

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