Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the U.N. was turning a blind eye to excesses committed by Ukrainian forces in their incursion into Russia's Kursk region, launched last month. Lavrov, in an interview with Russia's TASS news agency on the sidelines of the U.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Western leaders to take decisive action to compel Russia into ending the war, which he says cannot be resolved through dialogue alone. This plea comes amid accusations from the Kremlin that the United Nations is ignoring Ukraine’s alleged incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.

Regardless of whether the Russian army eventually succeeds in driving the Ukrainians back across the border, the meticulously planned and executed Kursk offensive has dramatically changed how the war is being perceived in both the Western world and in Russia.

According to documents obtained by the Ukrainian military and shared with The Guardian, Russia's military command foresaw Ukraine's August 6 incursion and failed to act on warnings from those in the region. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment on the reports.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the UN was turning a blind eye to excesses committed by Ukrainian forces in their incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, launched last month.

An operation is ongoing in the Kursk region, reports the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff. The latest military report indicates that the Russian Federation's army continues to strike toward the Kursk region on its territory to combat the Ukrainians stationed there.