Russia will save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers in the western region of Kursk, if Kijv tells them to give up, said President Vladimir Putin on Friday after US President Donald Trump called him to avoid a “terrible massacre.”
Ukraine denied that her people were surrounded by describing it as Russian products, but President Volodymyr Zelensky called the “very difficult” situation.
Trump in a post in social media said that he asked the Russian president to save the lives of thousands of Ukrainians, about whom he said that they were “completely surrounded” and defenseless.
“I definitely asked President Putin to save their lives. It would be a terrible massacre, not seen since World War II, “he said.
Putin, addressing his security council, said he had read Trump's appeal. By accusing Ukrainian soldiers of conducting crimes against civilians, which, as he said, was “terrorism” – something that Kiv denies – Putin said he would understand Trump's call to take into account humanitarian considerations.
“In this regard, I would like to emphasize that if (Ukrainian troops) they put their weapons and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and decent treatment in accordance with international law and the rights of the Russian Federation,” said Putin.
“To effectively implement the US President's appeal, you need an appropriate order from Ukraine's military leadership, so that military units put a gun and give up.”
Deputy President of Russia of the Security Council, former President Dmitrira Medvedev, published in social media that the KIIV was shifted by Kiiv that “if they refuse to position the weapon, everyone would be methodically and mercilessly destroyed.”
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Kursk became the key theater of war in August last year, when Ukraine, over two years after Putin's full invasion, turned the tables in Moscow, grabbing a piece of its own territory of Russia.
Seven months later, he is again in the center of attention, when Russian forces try to flush the last other Ukrainians, and the US call Russia to agree on the suspension of weapons in a wider war. Putin said on Thursday that the Ukrainians were imprisoned and would face “surrender or death.”
Ukraine's general staff stated on Friday: “Reports about the alleged” okra “Ukrainian individuals by the enemy in the Kursk region are false and fabricated by the Russians to manipulate political and put pressure on Ukraine and its partners.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he basically supports the contract on the suspension of weapons with Ukraine, but he will not register until the answers to large questions are given, including addressing the basic reason for the conflict and determining who will suspend the arms.
It was found that there were 13 combat clashes on Friday, and the situation on the battlefield was largely unchanged.
“Units of Ukraine's defense forces successfully regrouped, withdrew to more favorable defense positions and perform the assigned tasks in the Kursk region.”
Zelenskyy told journalists that the Kursk offensive managed to reverse Russian forces from other places in the battle.
“I can only thank our warriors for Kursk surgery. I believe that she fulfilled her task, “said Zelenskyy.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian troops regained Goncharovka, one of only a few sediment of Kursk, which are still in Ukrainian hands.
Ukraine border service said that it pushed the rehearsal of a 10-person Russian reconnaissance group to break into Ukrainian territory in the region of a sum that borders with a curly.