The Russian president gave his traditional end-of-year press conference this Thursday, December 19. “
This Thursday, December 19, during his traditional end-of-year press conference, Vladimir Putin said that he did not know when his army would manage to push back Ukrainian forces from the Russian region of Kursk, of which they control a small part. since a surprise offensive in August.
“We will absolutely defeat them,” assured the Russian president when answering a question from a resident of this region. “But as for the question of a specific date, I’m sorry, I can’t say that now,” he admitted.
During this discussion of the conflict, Vladimir Putin also paid tribute to the Russian soldiers “who regain ground every day, they are heroes.” “We are close to meeting our objectives,” he also stressed.
Participation of North Korean soldiers?
On Tuesday, December 17, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrsky, said that Russia had launched a “intense” counter-offensivewith the participation of North Korean troops, in this region of Kursk.
“For three days, the enemy has been carrying out intense offensive operations in the Kursk region, actively using units of the North Korean army” which have already “suffered heavy losses,” he said.
Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) said Monday that “at least 30” North Korean soldiers, fighting alongside the Russian army, were injured or killed on Saturday and Sunday alone.
Ukraine launched a surprise offensive in the Russian region of Kursk at the beginning of August, the most important on Russian territory since the Second World War, and still controls a small part of it.
