MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Interfax) - All medical assistance is being provided in full to the people injured in the attacks in the Kursk region, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said.
"All medical assistance to those injured is being provided in full. Specialists of federal medical organizations, including from Moscow and the Moscow region, are currently working at the scene. The Federal Disaster Medicine Center is coordinating this work," the Telegram channel of the Russian Health Ministry quoted Murashko as saying.
Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov said at a meeting attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier on Wednesday that approximately 1,000 Ukrainian troops took part in the attack on Russia's Kursk region. Their advance into the Russian territory was stopped. Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacking the Kursk region lost at least 100 people dead and 215 wounded, he said.
Alexei Kuznetsov, an assistant to the Russian health minister, said earlier that 24 people, including six children, were wounded in the attacks. Thirteen people, including three children, were hospitalized. One adult is in grave condition.
Russian Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said earlier that a criminal case was opened on the counts of terror attack, murder and assault on law enforcement officers following the Ukrainian attack on the Kursk region, which inflicted injuries on dozens of Russian civilians and servicemen.