Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Russian Army Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, and other Russian top officials over clashes with Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region on Aug. 7. Moscow claims that Ukrainian forces crossed the border into the Kursk region on Aug. 6, resulting in clashes on Russian soil that were described by Putin as “a large-scale provocation.” Kyiv has not commented on the fighting in the area. Russian pro-war Telegram channels claimed that fighting was ongoing in the region’s towns of Sudzha and Korenevo, writing that…