Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed that they withdrew from Russia's Suja in the Kursk Oblast – the Interfax-Ukraine agency passed on Saturday morning, citing maps made available by the Ukrainian Army General Staff in Kiev.
‘The Defence Forces of Ukraine They left town. regional (powiat) Suja in the Kurdish Oblast and departed close the Russian-Ukrainian border (...)," said the agency.
A press officer in the General Staff of Ukraine, to whom PAP requested confirmation of the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Suja wrote that he did not have specified information or power of lawyer to give them.
However, the maps made available by the Ukrainian army are to show that Suja again fell into the hands of the Russians.
Interfax: Ukrainians withdrew from Suja
At the same time, the General Staff declared that the fighting against the Russians in the Kursk Oblast continues.
"In the last 24 hours, 20 combat clashes have occurred in the Kursk direction. The opponent carried out 19 raids, dropped 28 guided bombs and made 232 artillery blasts, including 3 of the rocket launcher systems," the release reported.
Friday evening president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski stated that the operation of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk Oblast in western Russia She fulfilled her tasks as she pulled Russian forces from the hard directions of the front. Zelenski admitted that the situation in this episode was difficult.
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Earlier on Friday, Armed Forces General Staff Ukraine has denied reports of a circular of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk Oblast. The Command ensured that there was no specified threat, and that individual units were withdrawn into "better" defensive positions.
On the same day, US president Donald Trump, without giving details, stated that Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers were “fully surrounded” by Russian troops in the Kursk Oblast in Russia. On Thursday, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that Ukrainian forces are in full isolation in this region.
Ukrainian troops, unexpectedly for Moscow, They entered the Kursk circuit on August 6, 2024. It was then explained that 1 of the objectives of this offensive was to force the Russians to decision any of the forces from occupied Donbas to the east of Ukraine into this region.
PAP
