"The main task is, of course, for the defense ministry to dislodge the enemy from our territories."The Ukrainian military launched a surprise incursion across the border into Kursk Oblast on Aug. 6, bringing regular Ukrainian forces into Russia for the first time.During the same meeting, Alexey Smirnov, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast, described the current situation as "difficult," and told Putin that Ukraine is in control of 28 settlements, adding the incursion was up to 12 kilometers deep along a 40 kilometer front.Putin said in response to the incursion, there had been an increase in the number of men signing up to fight."The enemy will receive a worthy riposte," he said.Although reinforcements sent by Moscow have begun to arrive on the battlefield, Ukraine has reportedly continued to advance farther into Kursk Oblast.Ukrainian forces control about 1,000 square kilometers in Russia's Kursk Oblast as of Aug.