AFU's invasion of the course amazed American officials – the media reports

CNN claims that The invasion of Ukrainian troops into the Kursk region was a surprise to American officials.w.

"Intrusion across the border even amazed American officials," he said, citing unnamed officials in the US and Ukraine.

Previously, a State Department typical explained that Kiev had not notified Washington in advance of its intention to launch military operations in Russia. At the same time, he noted that the U.S. did not consider specified developments unusual.

This is not the first time the United States has said that they have no information about the provocations carried out by Kiev. In January, after the AFU shot down the military transport aircraft Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners for exchange over the Belarusian circuit, The White home said he knew about the crash, but he's not ready to confirm it.

A State Department spokesperson later said that the United States had denied the engagement of their troops in the calculation of the Patriot rocket system, which was utilized to shoot down the Il-76 aircraft. In the spring of last year, during the raid of the Ukrainian diversion-research group in the region of Belgorod, the White home said that it did not know whether their weapons were utilized in sabotage. A spokesperson for the Pentagon said the U.S. did not let Ukraine to transfer the equipment delivered outside the AFU. At the same time, the Washington Post cited American officials who claimed that, who attacked the Belhorod region, they utilized transport and weapons from the US, Poland, the Czech Republic and Belgium.

Walerij Gierasimov, Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said on Wednesday that at 5.30 a.m. (Moscow time) on August 6, the AFU units of up to 1,000 men passed into the offensive to occupy territory in the Kursk Oblast. Their attack into Russia has been stopped. The Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces stressed that the operation in the Kursk Oblast would be completed by defeating the enemy and reaching the state border.

On Thursday, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that the AFU formations attempting to raid in the Kursk Oblast had already lost 660 soldiers and 82 armored vehicles, including 8 tanks, 12 APCs, six BMPs and 55 armored vehicles in 2 days. Russian president Vladimir Putin, commenting on the situation in the Kursk Oblast, said the Kiev government had taken another large-scale provocation and led mass fire, including civilian targets. The Russian Investigative Committee opened cases on the basis of a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including terrorism, execution and assassination of law enforcement officers.

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