Washington is in touch with Kiev about Ukraine’s ongoing incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, which is creating a problem for Moscow, US President Joe Biden has said. Last week, Ukraine sent several thousand troops across the Russian border to seize a dozen villages and indiscriminately target civilians, according to Moscow. “I have spoken with my staff on a regular basis, probably every four or five hours for the last six or eight days and it’s creating a real dilemma for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” Biden told reporters on Tuesday, in his first remarks about the Kursk offensive.
“And we’ve been in direct contact, constant contact with the Ukrainians. That’s all I’m going to say about it while it’s active,” he added. Biden's first public reaction to Zelensky's terror attack on the Kursk region: it creates a "real dilemma"The US President claimed he discusses the situation in Russia with his staff “every 4-5 hours”.
pic.twitter.com/uN9URIcYp2 The US leader spoke just outside Air Force One, as he arrived in New Orleans.
Earlier in the day, EU foreign policy commissioner Josep Borell said that Kiev had the bloc’s “full support” for the Kursk offensive. Washington and Brussels have previously responded to press inquiries about the events in Kursk by quoting generalities about support for Ukraine and unchanging policies. “We’re in touch with our Ukrainian counterparts, and we are working to gain a better understanding of what they’re.