Putin visits Kursk as Russia pushes back Ukrainian troops in captured region

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a command post in Kurske, where his army chief told him that Moscow forces were on their way back to the Ukrainian-based border area.

This tour of Putin came a few hours after Ukraine agreed A US proposal for 30 days ceasefire In the war with Russia.

According to footage shown on state television on Wednesday, he ordered the army to remove Ukraine forces from the region and to consider the establishment of a buffer area next to the border.

Russian General Staff’s chief Valler Gerasimov Putin told Putin that in recent days, after the collapse of Ukraine’s defense, 5 percent of Ukrainian soldiers seized by Kiev last summer were captured by Russia and recovered 86 percent.

Putin said that the prisoners should “humanitarian” be treated but warned that any Ukrainian warrior would be considered “terrorist”.

After a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Ukrainian and US officials supported the entire Ukrainian frontline for a month -long hostility.

In exchange, the United States resumed military assistance and detectives with Kiev, which was postponed after last month’s boost-up at the Oval Office between Donald Trump and Vloadimire Zelansky.

In a briefing on Wednesday, the Ukrainian President described the meeting with Jeddah’s US officials as “constructive”. He said that a 30 -day ceasefire is a US proposal that he agrees after being in contact with his party.

“I have repeatedly said that none of us believe in the Russians, but we claim that we are not going to play with the Narratives claiming that we don’t want to end this war,” said Jelnsky.

“I’m very serious. The The And I want the US president to see it, “he said. “This is why my response was that we advised the American side to prepare for a 30 -day war format.”

The Ukrainian President says other countries will need assistance to monitor the ceasefire over 1,000 km long frontline.

On Wednesday, Russian state media shared footage that it said that Russian soldiers were shown in the main municipality center that Ukraine set up a command center.

In February, Zelnsky emphasized that the Russian territories occupied by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region could be used as a bargain in peace negotiations.

“I do not think they will be ready to stop in Sudha,” said Salomia Bobrovsa, a member of the anti -Ukrainian MP and a member of the National Protection and Detective Committee. “Every time the Russians have signed something, they immediately launched an aggressive campaign”.

The Ukrainian War-Tracking Group Department, near the Ministry of Defense, updated the map of the conflict on Wednesday afternoon so that a large portion of the Sudha was no longer under the control of Ukrainian forces.

Jensky on Wednesday said that the Ukrainian military continued to work in the Kursque region but added that Russia had intensified its attack.

“Our order is doing everything to save our soldiers’ lives,” he said.

For UkraineJust as Ukrainian forces suffer from military disaster, there is a painful echo for a ceasefire discussion. On February 27, the army was surrounded by the Eastern Ukrainian city of Devalsov just as Moscow pressed Kiev to sign a ceasefire.

Russia has repeatedly violated the ceasefire agreement – a Nazir Jewnsky ​​came up to the White House, encouraged Trump to lose his mood and reached the conclusion that the Ukrainian leader was not interested in ending the conflict.

“Putin Trump’s ear will try to fill in the ears of Ukraine, Mikhailo Samus, Ukraine’s military analyst, and decision to do Trump’s next.” He also added that the US President would offer Moscow to lift Western sanctions in exchange for a ceasefire.

White House Press Secretary Karolin Levit told reporters on Wednesday that US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz spoke to his Russian counterpart. “The President’s party is about to be involved in the ceasefire plan”, he added.

Wednesday Ukrainian officials and European allies welcomed the recovery US military assistance And sharing the detectives that use the Kiev forces to hit the frontline to hit the targets.

“It is an important signal to the whole world that Ukraine’s support is intact,” Jewnski’s top associate and Ukrainian delegation leader Andri Yaramak wrote in the telegram.

On Wednesday, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorsky said the US military supply of US military supply through Poland “returned to the previous level”, such as the Starlink satellite communication system owned by Trump’s adviser Elon Mask. Poland is paying for that part of the service in Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Sir Care Starmar congratulated Trump and Jensky for their “extraordinary progress”: “Russia must now agree to end ceasefire and fight.”

Starmar has tried with French President Emanuel Macron to bring European “assurance power” to Ukraine to prevent Russia from attacking Russia. Starmer said he would rebuild the leaders on Saturday “to discuss the next steps”.

Kremlin said it would like to hear directly from the United States before commenting on it StopThe Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russia had “the details of the discussion in the United States and would not inform us about the agreements that reached.”

A call between Putin and Trump “very fast” can be organized, Peskov says, but added that the White House has not yet requested one.

Russia’s SVR Foreign Intelligence Service reported on Wednesday that its director Sergey Nerrishkin spoke to his US equivalent, CIA’s Chief John Retcliffe on the phone, two companies agreed to keep in touch.

“Ukrainians are agreeing with what they are being told,” said Russia’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman at the Upper House, “Ukrainians are agreeing”, adding that this will not happen in Russia, because “Russia is aggressive”.

Even the Russian forces, like the Russian forces are moving forward in the Kursk region, seemed to be a stall in the rest of the front. In recent days, Ukrainian troops were able to hold the Russian attack around the Logistical Hub of Pokorovsk and even arrived in August, an industrial city Russian forces attacked the center of Toretesk.

On the Pokorvsk Front, a drone operator responded to the proposed ceasefire with a Ukrainian word: “Pobaciamo “ – “We’ll see.”

Additional Report of Max Saddon in Berlin, Rafael Minta in Warsa and Henry Foy in Brussels; Steven Bernard’s cartography