Kiev: Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged Ukrainian soldiers to surrender in Kursk as the Moscow army pushes to regain the lost ground, while Kiev has warned that Kremlin is using the battle to strengthen his position before engaging in the Charmative talks.
US President Donald Trump urged Putin to leave the lives of Ukrainian soldiers as he said that his messenger had a “productive” conversation with the Russian leader over the proposed 30-day ceasefire.
Russia has retaliated a rapidly in the western border region of Kursk in the last one week, with the removal of most parts of Ukraine seized in one stroke in the last August.
Necklace in Kursk will be a major setback for Ukraine’s plans, which plan to use their grip on the region as a bargaining chip in peace talks for a three -year -old war.
In a comment on Russian television, Putin said, “We are sympathetic to President Trump’s call.”
Putin said, “If they lay their arms and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and dignified treatment.”
Trump stated that the “thousands” of Ukrainian soldiers were completely surrounded by the Russian army, and in a very bad and weak position “.
‘Terrible massacre’
Trump said, “I strongly requested President Putin to be spared his life. It would be a terrible massacre that has not been seen since World War II,” Trump said.
Ukraine’s military leadership denied claims. Ukraine’s general employees have been posted on social media, “There is no danger of surrounded our units.”
Zelancesi gave reporters in Kyiv a more quiet evaluation in the comments. He said, “The situation in the Kursk region is clearly very difficult,” he said, while the campaign was emphasized.
Russia said, he said, on the front line, soldiers were forced to pull the soldiers from other areas, decreasing the pressure on the Ukrainian soldiers, fighting to control the eastern logistics hub of Pokrovsk.
Trump’s latest comments came as he gave an update for 30-day stagnation in hostility on a US-Ukrainian proposal between his messengers Steve Witcoff and Putin at a meeting on Thursday.
Trump said on his true social platform, “We held a very good and productive discussion with Russia President Vladimir Putin yesterday, and a very good chance that this terrible, bloody war can finally end.”
Ukraine losing grip
Putin said on Thursday that he had “serious questions” about the proposal and the events in Kursk would affect the next moves towards the ceasefire.
Zelansky accused the Russian leader of reducing the ceasefire initiative.
Zelancesi posted on X, “He is now doing everything that he can break diplomacy by establishing very difficult and unacceptable situations from the beginning before a ceasefire.”
Kremlin said on Friday that it was “carefully optimistic”, a deal could be, but Trump and Putin had to talk directly before the conversation.
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said in an interview by Fox News that there was “some cautious optimism” in the United States after Witcoff’s visit.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio said at a meeting of a group of seven Western powers in Canada that both sides would have to do “concessions”.
The G7 Foreign Ministers warned Russia of new sanctions until it accepted “a ceasefire on equal terms”, saying that restrictions may include “caps on oil prices, as well as additional support for Ukraine and other means”.
France and Germany accused Russia of demanding a ceasefire blocking, and the support for Ukraine was to be discussed again at a video conference of some European leaders with Zelancesi on Saturday.
Diplomatic sources said that the European Union’s foreign affairs head Kaza Kalas would propose that 27 country blocks in new military aid to Ukraine are up to 40 billion euros (£ 34 billion).
Ukraine hoped that his grip on Kursk would have a bargaining chip in a conversation with Russia and exchange of a potential land with Moscow, who captured the fifth position of Ukraine as it took Crimea in 2014 and launched its military aggressive in February 2022.
