The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned a senior US diplomat Stephania Holmes as US journalists have “illegally entered the Kursk region” in Russia.
Holmes was summoned on Tuesday and the Russian Foreign Ministry issued “a strong protest” over the “provocative action of American reporters.”
The Ministry also claimed there is “evidence” of a “US private military company (PMC)” working with Ukrainian forces during “their invasion” of the Kursk region.
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Writing on Telegram the Ministry said, “The US Charge d’Affaires to Russia Holmes was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on August 20 and was issued a strong protest in connection with the provocative actions of American reporters, who illegally entered the Kursk Region for propaganda coverage of the Kiev regime’s crimes, as well as the emerging evidence of the participation of an American PMC on the side of Ukrainian forces during their invasion of the territory of the Russian Federation.”
The statement continued, “It was underscored that such actions, which run counter to the assertions of [US President] Joe Biden’s administration that it allegedly has nothing to do with the attack on Russia by Ukrainian neo-Nazis, clearly prove the involvement of the US, as a direct participant in the conflict, in [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky’s malicious conspiracies.”
Russian agencies will carry out an investigation into the activities of the US journalists entering the Kursk region.
The statement added, “It was stressed that with regard to the American nationals involved in these crimes, in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the competent agencies will carry out the necessary investigative activities to bring them to justice.
“In addition, it was made clear that all foreign ‘specialists’ and mercenaries that illegally cross the border of our country automatically become a legitimate military target for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,
