Russian authorities impose counter-terrorist operation regime in 3 oblasts

A counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime has been imposed in Russia's Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod oblasts on the night of 9-10 August.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti

Quote: "The CTO regime is being imposed in Bryansk Oblast due to an increased level of sabotage and terrorist threats."

Updated: RIA Novosti, citing the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee, later reported that the CTO regime has also been imposed in Belgorod and Kursk oblasts.

Previously: A state of emergency was declared on the second day of the breakthrough on the border in Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Background: 

• On the morning of 6 August, the Russians claimed that Ukrainian forces had mounted an attempt to infiltrate Kursk Oblast, Russia. Russian propagandists and military bloggers are claiming that Ukrainian forces have secured a foothold in the border area. Russian ruler Vladimir Putin called the situation a "provocation".
• Earlier, Russia's Defence Ministry confirmed the advance of supposedly Ukrainian forces in two districts of Kursk Oblast and noted that it had moved reserves to the border and was "attacking Ukrainian troops from the air". 
• On 9 August, Russia’s Ministry of Defence issued a statement on the situation in Kursk Oblast, acknowledging that Ukrainian forces were on the outskirts of the town of Sudzha.
• Igor Korpunkov, mayor of the Russian town of Kurchatov, where the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (Kursk NPP) is located, reported that fighting is now taking place a few dozen kilometres away from the town borders, but urged residents not to panic.

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