Russian soldiers on March 14 in an area in Kursk they have just regained control
Sheet New York Post On March 15 quoted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his military campaign in Kursk province was a success, in the context of Ukrainian soldiers who were leaving Russian territory they gained control in August, 2024.
Ukraine was shocked with the bold attack campaign in the summer and once gained control of an area of about 1,250 km.2. One of the goals set for Kursk’s attack is to prevent the Russian forces from entering the important strategic city of Pokrovsk in southeastern Ukraine, a target that Zelensky said has achieved.
The elite UAV unit helps Russia to tighten Ukraine’s supply line in Kursk
“I believe that the mission has been completed. I think the situation in the direction of Pokrovsk is now stable and it will be very difficult [cho Nga] To find the opportunity to occupy Pokrovsk, ”according to the leader.
He said the Kursk attack campaign achieved the main goal of pulling the Russian troops out of the attacking directions of Pokrovsk in the East, as well as Kharkiv and SMY in northeastern Ukraine.
“First, the pressure dropped in Kharkiv. President Zelensky declared the situation in the Pokrovsk and Kharkiv areas “now stable”.
Ukraine has attacked the Kursk region since August 2024, and the Ukrainian leaders repeatedly announced that they would use the controlled territory there to make cards exchange in future negotiations.
Zelensky’s success was made when most Ukraine’s forces completed the withdrawal of troops from Kursk, starting on 5.3.
President Zelensky has not yet confirmed whether the entire Ukrainian army has left the area, but at least some remain until the morning of March 14, according to expert John Hardie of the Democracy Fund (USA).
“Some Ukrainian soldiers seem to be on the western suburb of Sudzha and the Guyevo area,” said Hardie.
President Putin came to the Kursk region in the middle of the Ukrainian army
But the total he was still much lower than the estimated “thousands” of soldiers mentioned by US President Donald Trump on March 14 on the Truth Social. The White House owner added that he “strongly recommended” President Putin to forgive those surrounded soldiers.
Responding to Trump’s proposal, Putin said the Russian side would forgive the Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk. The Vice Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev also stated that these soldiers would be “mercilessly destroyed” if they didn’t surrender.
Many US officials, experts and Ukraine experts on March 14 rejected the information that Ukrainian soldiers were surrounded in Kursk, as the withdrawal took place for more than a week.
