The Russian Foreign Ministry said on August 20 that it had summoned the U.S. Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission Stephanie Holmes to protest what it called "provocative" reports by U.S. journalists from the Kyiv-controlled part of Russia's Kursk region who "illegally" crossed the Russian border. The ministry also claimed that "evidence" showed the presence of unspecified U.S. private military groups' involvement in Ukraine's ongoing incursion into the region, adding that "necessary investigative actions to bring them to justice" will be carried out.
Russia Summons U.S. Diplomat Over Presence Of American Journalists In Kursk Region
The Foreign Ministry in Moscow said that U.S. journalists reporting from Kursk had "illegally" crossed the Russian border. (file photo)