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MOSCOW
Head of the Russian Federal Safety Service on Tuesday dubbed Ukraine’s offensive within the Kursk area “a terrorist assault.”
Talking at a gathering of the Russian Nationwide Anti-Terrorism Committee in Moscow, Aleksandr Bortnikov accused Kyiv of concentrating on civilians and civilian infrastructure “with the help of the collective West.”
He mentioned that, in response to the scenario, a counter-terrorism operation regime was launched in three areas – Kursk itself, in addition to the neighboring Bryansk and Belgorod areas. This regime consists of extra safety measures, akin to elevated patrols, random doc checks, and car inspections.
Bortnikov additionally claimed that Kyiv is appearing on two fronts – conducting navy operations and launching an enormous smear marketing campaign on the web within the Russian language, concentrating on Russian residents and distorting the scenario in Kursk.
He warned of elevated recruitment efforts by international intelligence companies to contain Russian residents, notably younger individuals, in terrorist actions.
Addressing the attendees of the assembly, which included members of the Anti-Terrorism Committee, Russia’s Prosecutor Normal Igor Krasnov, presidential representatives to federal districts, and heads of regional anti-terrorist our bodies, Bortnikov emphasised the necessity to improve readiness to counter “terrorist encroachments” and to prioritize the prevention of terrorist threats within the context of the “particular navy operation.”
He mentioned that because the starting of the 12 months, 110 “terrorist assaults” have been thwarted.
Over 1,050 people have been detained on varied terrorism-related costs, together with planning and finishing up assaults, justifying and propagating terrorism, financing terrorists, and offering help to them.
Bortnikov known as for the usage of all obtainable assets to counter rising terrorist threats and to accentuate efforts on the municipal degree, making an allowance for native specifics and the prevailing scenario.
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