– Ukrainian army was not surrounded by Russians in the Kursk Oblast. We proceed to repel attacks by Russian and North Korean forces," stated president Volodymyr Zelenski in a video published online. Thus, he denied the news appearing in the media.
As he said, the Russian army is presently gathering forces along the east border of Ukraine, I want to hit the limit of the sums. “We will counter this,” he assured.
Fight for the course circuit. Zelenski denies Russian reports
Volodymyr Zelenski pointed out that Putin's last movements indicate that "he intends to further ignore diplomacy".
– The extension of the war by Russia is obvious. We are ready to supply our partners with all the real information about the situation on the front, in the Kursk region and along the border," stressed the Ukrainian leader.
SEE: The Ukrainians' defeat in the Kurd District. The military withdrew from Suja
At the same time, he reported that situation close the east Ukrainian city of Pokrowsk stabilised, and Ukraine has successfully utilized new, country-produced long-range missiles for this purpose.
– Operation of our forces in any areas of the Kurd region is continuing. Units shall execute their tasks precisely as required. Thanks to Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, a crucial part of Russian forces were withdrawn from another areas," added Zelenski.
Crisis of Ukrainian offensive in Russia. Putin's army is making further progress
Similar denials about the lap of Ukraine's army in the Kursk Oblast besides flow from the Institute of War Studies (ISW), which bases its data on the basis of geolocation evidence.
‘ISW did not observe any evidence, indicating that the Russian forces have surrounded a crucial number of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk Oblast or elsewhere along the front line in Ukraine’, as reported in the latest report.
On Thursday Vladimir Putin stated that Ukrainian forces are in complete isolation in the regionAfter which U.S. president Donald Trump, without giving details, stated that thousands of military fighters fighting on the side of Kiev were “fully surrounded”.
SEE: Russian combat aircraft close South Korea. Fighters were picked up.
The ISW believes Putin utilized this message to a distraction from rejecting an American-Ukrainian proposal 30-day ceasefire.
‘Putin tries present yourself as a reasonable and merciful leader, with which president Trump can cooperate and make a fresh communicative to divert attention from the decision to reject the U.S.-Ukrainian proposal to suspend arms on 13 March," wrote the Institute.
On Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported reflection from Ukrainian hands of 2 more towns in the west of the Kurd region. The Ukraine Army besides confirmed that She withdrew from Suja.
What about the truce in Ukraine? Kremlin sets its terms
The Ukrainian Army entered the Kursk Oblast on 6 August 2024, explaining its actions the desire to force Moscow to decision parts of its forces to this region from occupied Donbas in the east of Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin, however, made a deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who sent his soldiers to the vicinity of Kursk. The Kremlin has inactive not confirmed these reports, but there is ample evidence to support this thesis.
Tuesday Ukrainian and US delegations have come up with a proposal to halt fighting in the air, at sea and at land immediately. In a Thursday statement, Putin declared that he supported U.S. president Donald Trump's general initiative to end the war by diplomatic means.
At the same time, however, he stated that the “essential causes of war” must be eliminated. So far, the Kremlin has actually questioned the existence of a Russian-independent Ukrainian state erstwhile referring to "causes" which it besides justified the invasion of Ukraine.
