the commander-in-chief of the armed forces oleksandr serskyy today, august 12, announced that 100 km are under the control of the ukrainian army and added that the offensive continues. and kursk governor andriy smirnov, during an operational meeting with vladimir putin, said that 28 settlements are under the control of ukrainian forces and that the overall situation in the region is difficult. and according to him, the armed forces advanced to a depth of 12 km and occupy an area of 40 km in width. he also reported on the dead civilians and the evacuation of more than 100,000 people. people began to be evacuated from other border regions of russia, bryansk and belgrade, some by the russian authorities introduced the kto regime, that is, the regime of counterterrorist operation. as they say, because of threats of attacks by the zso. however, the american institute for the study of war says that... russian authorities have declared the kto, not martial law , in order to downplay the scale of the ukrainian advance. bbs security correspondent gordon korera found out what the operational