Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, leads the meeting with top security and defence officials dedicated to the situation in Kursk and Belgorod border regions, at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Residents of an apartment building damaged after shelling by the Ukrainian side stand near the building in Kursk, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo)

People evacuated from a fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Kursk region sit next to tents at a temporary residence center in Kursk, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo)

People evacuated from a fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Kursk region sit next to tents at a temporary residence center in Kursk, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo)

In this image made from video provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, people board a bus during evacuation from a fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Belovsky district, Kursk region, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)

Residents of the apartment building damaged after shelling by the Ukrainian side leave an area in Kursk, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo)

This photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry press service on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, shows Russian military vehicle boarding a lowboy for transfer to Kursk region. (Russian Defense Press Service via AP)

Russian National Guard Chief Viktor Zolotov, left, and Russian Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov, right, attend the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin dedicated to the situation in Kursk and Belgorod border regions, at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

People evacuated from a fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Kursk region sit next to tents at a temporary residence center in Kursk, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo)

A Russian Red Cross worker, second left, listens to people evacuated from a fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Kursk region, at a temporary residence center in Kursk, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo)

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, Ka-52 helicopters gunships of the Russian air force take off to air strike on concentrations of manpower, armored vehicles and automobile military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ​​the Kursk region. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian Emergency paramedics roll a stretcher with a resident of an apartment building damaged after shelling by the Ukrainian side into an ambulance in Kursk, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo)

In this image made from video provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, people board a bus during evacuation from a fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Belovsky district, Kursk region, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)

People walk near an apartment building damaged after shelling by the Ukrainian side, in Kursk, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo)

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, a Russian Army tank covered with camouflage net takes a position at an area of ​​Kursk region of Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

A woman evacuated from a fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Kursk region chooses clothes at a temporary residence center in Kursk, Russia, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo)

An elderly woman walks past an apartment building damaged after shelling by the Ukrainian side in Kursk, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo)

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, a column of the Russian Armed Forces move to build up forces conducting active combat operations with Ukrainian formations in the Sudzhansky district of ​​Kursk region of Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)