Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Wednesday (21) that Ukraine had attacked the regions of Belgorod and Kursk, in Russia’s southwest.
“Such terrorist attacks, including those using Western weapons, are already taking place in border settlements in the Belgorod and Kursk regions,” Putin said during a speech.
He added that “with its aggressive anti-Russian policy, the West has gone beyond limits.”
Local Russian authorities and the country’s Defense Ministry have already accused Ukraine of carrying out attacks in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. But this is believed to be the first time Putin has discussed the matter — an admission that war is coming home.
Kiev has not acknowledged these attacks and says it uses Western weapons only to attack Russian territory in Ukraine.
In the past, US President Joe Biden has said that US weapons should not be used to attack Russia (as opposed to Russian territory in Ukraine), and Ukrainian presidential adviser Alexey Arestovych told CNN in May of this year that his country would not use these weapons to attack Russian territory.
Katya Krebs and Matthew Chance of CNN contributed reports.
Source: CNN Brasil
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