'The West is at war with us': Putin as 120,000 evacuated from Kursk region fighting

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"The West is at war with us," says Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he chairs a meeting of government officials on the situation in the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into Russian territory last week. Kyiv, Putin says, "with the help of its Western masters, is carrying out their will". More than 120,000 people have been evacuated away from the fighting, which has seen Ukrainian troops capture more than two dozen settlements.
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00:00Apparently, the enemy, with the help of its Western masters, is fulfilling their will, and the Ukrainians of the West are at war with us.
00:14So, apparently, the enemy is striving to improve its negotiating positions in the future.
00:22And here, the answer from the citizens of Russia is already there.
00:28This is the unwavering support of everyone who is in trouble, the support of the army and the increase, which is very important,
00:36the increase in the number of those who wish to join our men, our fighters, who heroically, with weapons in their hands, defend Russia.

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