Russia said it summoned a senior U.S. diplomat on Tuesday to protest over what it called the "provocative actions" of American journalists reporting from Russia's Kursk region, APA reports citing Reuters.
The Foreign Ministry said it had told U.S. Charge d'Affaires Stephanie Holmes that the reporters had crossed illegally into the region, where Ukrainian forces mounted an incursion two weeks ago, and that Russia intended to prosecute them.
The Foreign Ministry said it had protested over the actions of American reporters who had "illegally entered the Kursk region for propaganda coverage of the Kyiv regime's crimes".
It did not name the reporters or their media outlets.
The journalists' actions "clearly prove the involvement of the United States as a direct participant in the conflict", the Foreign Ministry said.
In a similar case, Russia on Friday summoned the Italian ambassador to protest what it called an "illegal border crossing" by a team of correspondents from Italian state broadcaster RAI, who reported from Sudzha under Ukrainian military escort. The two journalists subsequently returned to Italy.
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