Russia‘s border region authorities must prepare for the possibility that Ukraine‘s military brass expands a dramatic raid beyond Kursk Oblast, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“It is obvious for us that the enemy will continue trying to destabilize the situation in the border regions in order to destabilize the domestic political situation in Russia,” Putin said during a broadcast meeting with regional governors. “Therefore, if the situation in the Bryansk Region is relatively calm today, it does not mean that it will remain the same tomorrow.”