Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the commanders of the Joint Force grouping at one of the Defence Ministry's command posts and received reports from Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff Sergei Rudskoy, on efforts to counter the enemy forces that invaded the Kursk Region and measures taken to destroy them, as well as on the ongoing results of the special military operation.
The President heard over telephone the reports of the commanders of groups of forces on the operational situation in the areas of their responsibility.