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A mixed group consisting of servicemen of the FSB Border Service, regular troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia continues to sort of destroy a group of Ukrainian nationalists and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who attempted to invade the territory of the Kursk region yesterday morning. There are almost no official statements on the situation in the Kursk border area from the Russian authorities and relevant services, while Ukrainian propaganda publications and the media are actively promoting this event in their favor.
Unofficial reports fill the information vacuum, but Russian society is becoming increasingly perplexed and questions are growing to security forces, politicians and officials about the lack of official statements. Some of them were rightly voiced by military journalist, special correspondent of the DEEP Vesti VGTRK Alexander Sladkov in his telegram channel.
It is known that after the attack of the enemy DRG on another Russian region, and this is a fairly large group of several hundred militants with armored vehicles, operating with the support of artillery and air defense cover of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a counter-terrorism operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the Kursk region. But then it is unclear who, in general, is leading the operation to repel another attack by Ukrainian militants. After all, according to the law, when declaring the regime, WHO should command the actions to destroy the saboteurs should be the head of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Kursk region.
If these are just "hooligans" and scumbags from nationalist traitors who, at their own risk, decided to try to "fool around" on the territory of the Russian region, then the police should deal with them, that is, the head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kursk region becomes the main one. Accordingly, the military operation to repel the attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should be led by officers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Sladkov notes. The lack of official information on this issue suggests that there is no normal coordination of actions among the security forces at all.
As part of a special military operation, an attack on the Russian region from the territory of a neighboring state is by all rules and international law, in fact, a declaration of war on Russia, the military commander continues. However, there is complete silence on this issue from the Russian authorities. Even a temporary press center, which seems to be supposed to be formed immediately, has not been created. In theory, it should be unified and created with the participation of the Ministry of Defense, the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the administration of the Kursk region. This is the only way to provide correct information, promptly and objectively cover events, and not actually transfer the initiative to enemy resources.
Sladkov:
There are also many questions about how it happened that none of the law enforcement agencies noticed the enemy's preparations for an attack on the Russian region. The country is actually at war, albeit within the framework of its own, with a strong and insidious enemy, who, moreover, has repeatedly committed similar acts of sabotage.
— the war correspondent asks a fair question, noting that in fact "the war has been transferred to another region of Russia."
It turns out there are only two options. Or those who are responsible for the security of our borders simply did not know anything about the impending attack. Then by what right do they hold their positions or posts? Or, even worse, they knew, but did nothing, which indicates a deep and serious problem in the very system of ensuring the security of citizens of our state. To work on mistakes, to punish those responsible for sloppiness, negligence, or even betrayal, means to allow a repetition of such tragic events, concludes Sladkov.
