On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the army to continue its rapid progress and restore the full land of Corsak province as soon as possible, while kyiv announced that it would accept a 30-day ceasefire, US officials are preparing to visit Moscow in the hope that Russia will accept this proposal.
Putin said that in comments broadcast on Russian television during his visit to the Corcate Operations Command Center that he should finish all the combat missions in which the Russian forces will be in the Korsk region, indicating that the construction of a buffer zone must be considered in the Ukrainian area of Sumi, adjacent to the Corsak, to extend any possible possible ukist incursions.
The Russian president said that foreign citizens who fight with the Ukrainian forces captured in Korsk have no right to take advantage of the protection provided by the Geneva conventions, adding that the Ukrainian soldiers captured in Kursk should be treated as “terrorists”.
“Our mission is in the near future, and as soon as possible, it is to provoke an overwhelming defeat against the enemy in the Kursk region, which is still fighting here, completely freeing the lands of the Korsk region and returning the situation to normal along the border,” said Putin.
Russian chief of staff Valerie Gerasimov said that his forces had regained control of “more than 1,100 square kilometers” of land occupied by the Ukrainian army since August “, more than 86% of the previously occupied area.”
“In the past five days, 24 cities and 259 square kilometers have been released from the land in the Kursk region,” added Gerasimov, noting that the Russian units have crossed the border in certain regions and entered the Ukrainian province of Sumi.
The Russian chief of staff also confirmed that his forces “isolated” the Ukrainian forces of the region and captured 430 Ukrainian soldiers during their recent progress.
Thanks to retirement
On the other hand, commander of the Ukrainian army Olksander Serski admitted on Wednesday that his forces decreased in the Russian Kursk region in the face of the progress of the forces of Moscow.
Serski wrote on the Facebook platform that Ukrainian forces will continue their operations in the Russian Kursk region “as long as it is appropriate and necessary,” adding that fighting continues in the city of Soda and its environment.
He added that the units move in a maneuver in “better places if necessary” to save the lives of soldiers.
“The Ukrainian armed forces leave Corsak. No Ukrainian soldier will stay there on Friday,” a Ukrainian military blogger told Telegram Scadowski Defander.
However, the position indicated that Ukraine continues to make strong strikes on soda.
Ukraine had exploded one of the greatest surprises in the war on August 6, 2024, taking the borders and entering the Kursk region of the Russian territory, which strengthened the morale of the Ukrainians and gave kyiv a possible negotiation document.
However, after hanging on more than 7 months in the region which has gradually resumed Russian forces, Ukraine has had a strong deterioration in its position in Korsk in recent days after cutting its main food lines.
Trump delegate visit Moscow
Politically, the White House announced Wednesday that the American delegate Stephen Witkeov would go to Moscow later this week to hold talks on the ceasefire in Ukraine.
Presidential spokesperson Caroline Levette told journalists that the United States urged Russia to accept the 30-day cease-fire proposal, which the Americans and the Ukrainians negotiated.
She explained that US National Security Councilor Mike Waltz consulted her Russian counterpart on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, American president Donald Trump expressed his “hope” that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, would accept the suggestion of the ceasefire in Ukraine, but he did not specify on what pressure he could exert.
And he previously met Putin in February when he negotiated the release of the American detained in Russia Mark Fujel.
Trump announced Tuesday that he would speak directly to Putin directly, probably this week.
European movements
Yesterday, European Defense Ministers met 5 major European NATO countries (NATO), in Paris, to discuss Ukraine military security guarantees, including the possibility of deploying peacetakes if a peace agreement was concluded with Russia.
The Ministers of Defense of France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Great Britain did not specify any details on the size or nature of the potential force after the talks.
“The United Kingdom and France have jointly lead to advancing peace efforts and security guarantees for Ukraine,” British defense secretary John Healy said at a press conference.
He added: “We seek to build an alliance of countries wishing in Europe and abroad”, stressing the need to strengthen military power on all fronts.
For his part, the French Defense Minister, Sebastian Lunurno, confirmed that “the first guarantee of the security of Ukraine is its armed forces”. He explained that the Allies sought to strengthen Ukrainian long -term military capacities, as they have done since the start of the war.
He added: “We cannot ask European forces to make the Ukrainian armed forces.” But he suggested that Europe could consider sending forces to the Polish border.
The ministers also discussed efforts to increase weapons and improve military coordination between European armies.
For his part, the German Secretary for Defense, Boris Peporius, underlined the need for European countries to work for the security of the continent, bypassing national interests, calling for the purchase of uniform military equipment on a larger scale and at a faster pace than before.
This meeting comes on Tuesday following a joint declaration between the United States and Ukraine on the immediate attraction of military aid and intelligence, in addition to the approval by Ukraine of a 30-day truce, if Russia accelerates, after a high-level meeting to society in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The leaders of the arm gathered in 36 countries in Paris on Tuesday evening to discuss the possibility of deploying soldiers of peace in Ukraine.