“Our forces are continuing their defensive operations active in the designated areas of the (Russian) regions of Koursk and Belgorod,” said Ukrainian president Volodyr Zelensky, on social networks. Ukrainian military officials also rejected on Saturday “false” affirmations of the Russian army staff, denouncing “the propaganda” of Moscow on the subject.
Since Saturday, several Russian Telegram channels specializing in fighting fights have also brought in fighting still in progress between Russians and Ukrainians in the Koursk region. However, the chief of staff of the Russian army, Valéri Guérassimov, announced on Saturday to President Vladimir Putin that this Russian border region of Ukraine had been entirely “liberated” from the Ukrainian troops.
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The forces of kyiv had entered there in August 2024, still occupying a few pockets until then. Ukrainian leaders had justified this surprise assault on Russian soil by the desire to have a new card in their game as part of possible peace discussions. However, Vladimir Putin had in the past made it clear that he was not ready to negotiate on the outcome of the conflict launched by the assault of his forces against Ukraine in 2022 as long as the Ukrainian forces were not entirely “chased” from this region.
For several weeks, Ukrainian troops have been declining in this area of the front, the Russian army gradually incorporating from the territory. The Ukrainian forces have initially occupied several hundred square kilometers since August 2024, before the pocket under its control is reduced to sorrow in recent days.
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Volodymyr Zelensky recently proposed to Russia to agree on “a” territorial “exchange, which Moscow, whose army continues to progress elsewhere on the front, had immediately rejected.
