Vladimir Putin visits Kursk as Russia pushes back Ukrainian troops in captured region
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kursk command command, where his army’s head told him that Moscow forces are on the verge of maintaining the Ukrainian border region.
Putin’s visit only came to Ukraine, which Ukraine agreed to the US proposal 30-day ceasefire In the war with Russia.
He ordered the army to push Ukraine out of the region “possible in the shortest possible time” and to take into account the installation of a buffer zone along the border.
In recent days, Ukraine’s defense collapsed, the Chief of General Staff of Russia Valery Gerasimov said that their country was occupied by 400 servicemen and 86 percent of the area confiscated by Kyiv was confiscated last summer.
Putin noted that prisoners should be treated “humanely”, but warned the rest of Ukrainian fighters to be considered “terrorists.”
Putin’s arrival shots of the Kursk region department of the command of the troops group.
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After a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Ukrainian and American officials supported a monthly suspension of hostilities along the entire Ukrainian front line.
In response, the United States resumed military aid and intelligence exchange with Kiev, which was stopped at the office of Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelenski.
During a briefing on Wednesday, the President of Ukraine described the meeting with US officials at Jeddah as a “constructive”. He said that the 30-day ceasefire was the US proposal, he agreed to contact his team.
“I have said several times that none of us trust the Russians, but we are not going to play with the stories, claiming that this war will end.”
The President of Ukraine noted that it will be necessary to support other countries for maintaining a ceasefire along the 1000 km long front line.
In February, Zelenki claimed that Russia’s territories in Kursk can be used as a transaction chip in negotiations.
But since Ukraine is fighting to defend the written region on Wednesday, Moscow’s state media divided the staff that he had shown Russian soldiers in the center of Sudzha, where Ukraine has created a command center.
“I don’t think they will be ready to stop in Sudza,” said Ukrainian opposition MP Solomia Bobrovska and a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee.
On Wednesday, Kiev’s Commander-in-Chief Alexander Sarski says that the Ukrainian forces have taken back from Kursk. “It was my priority and it remains to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers. That’s why our forces can maneuver more beneficial lines, “he wrote with a telegram.
The battles continued in the Court, including the suburbs of Sudzha, and added Sistam.
For UkraineThe ceasefire is negotiated as the Ukrainian forces suffer, they have painful responses. In February 2015, Moscow pressed Kiev to establish a ceasefire, as its troops surrounded Debaltine, East Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly violated the ceasefire agreement. The precedent was brought to the White House, prompting overcoming, concluding that the Ukrainian leader is not interested in ending the conflict.
“Putin will try to destroy Trump’s ears, and Trump will have to decide what the next one is doing next,” said Ukrainian military analyst Mehaylo Samus. He added that the US President will most likely offer Moscow to eliminate Western sanctions on a ceasefire.
On Wednesday, Spokeswoman for House Caroline Levit said that US National Security Adviser Mike Wallz spoke to his Russian counterpart. “The president’s team continues to deal with the ceasefire, he added.
Ukrainian officials and European allies welcomed the recovery on Wednesday US military assistance And the exchange of intelligence that Kiev’s forces use the targets beyond the front line.
“This is an important signal for the world that Ukraine is inviolable.
On Wednesday, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said that the transit of US military supply through Poland “returned to the former levels”, as the Trump Advisor Mushkin was fluent. Poland pays for some of Ukraine’s service.
British Prime Minister Sir Keyir Starters congratulated Trump and Zelenkoy for their “remarkable breakthrough”.
Stepper said that he would restore European leaders on Saturday to “discuss the next steps” in the “Assurance Strength” program, which is located in Ukraine to rebuild Russia again.

The Kremlin said she wanted to listen directly from the US before commenting on CeasefireA number of Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia expects the United States to “inform us of the details of the talks and the agreements reached.”
The call between Putin and Trump can be organized “very quickly,” said Peskov, but added that the White House still needs to demand one.
On Wednesday, the Russian SVR Foreign Intelligence Service said his director Sergei Naryshkin spoke to his American counterpart John Ratkliff, with whom two agencies agree to continue communication.
Even Russian forces continued to put forward the progress of promotion in the Kursk region. In recent days, Ukrainian troops have been governed by Pokrovsky’s logistics junction and launched bold counterattacks at the center of Torksek, industrial urban forces reached in August.
One drone operator in Pokrovsky responded to the message of the proposed ceasefire with one Ukrainian word. “Pobachymo “ – “We’ll see.”
Henry Foy in Washington in Washington, Henry Foy, Additional reports in Rafael, Henry Foy, in Washington. Cartography by Steven Bernard