Trump asks for mildness for Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk – Putin agrees – Diepresse.com
According to the Kreml boss, Trump asked the Kremlin boss to protect the life of the allegedly encircled soldiers in the Kursk region. In Kyiv, however, it was rejected that the soldiers were encircled.
US President Donald Trump claims to have Kreml boss Vladimir Putin to ask mild for supposedly encircled Ukrainian soldiers in the Russian area of Kursk. « It is precisely at that moment that thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are circled by the Russian military and are in a very bad and vulnerable situation, » Trump wrote on his social network Truth Social. To prevent a massacre, he asked Putin to protect her life. Putin agreed.
Putin: Russia ready to protect the life of the Ukrainians
At a meeting of the National Russian Security Council, Putin reported on Trump. For an effective implementation, the leadership in Kiev should command the Ukrainian soldier in the Kursk area, to put down the weapons and to take captivity. However, the general staff in Kyiv rejected that the soldiers were encircled.
At the same time, Putin said that the Ukrainian soldiers committed crimes against the civilian population. These were classified as terrorism by the Russian Attorney General, he said. Nevertheless, Russia is serious Trump's call to protect the life of the soldiers from humanitarian considerations.
« In the event of a resignation of weapons and the gait in captivity, life is guaranteed and the worthy handling according to international law and laws of the Russian Federation, » said Putin. The Kremlin boss again praised that Trump was doing everything to restore the relationship between Moscow and Washington. « The process is not easy to not say difficult. »
Medvedev threatens Ukrainian troops in Kursk with annihilation
According to the Russian top politician Dmitri Medvedev, the Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk face annihilation if they do not arise. « If the Ukrainians do not surrender in Kursk, they will be mercilessly destroyed, » explains Medvedev, the vice-chairman of the National Security Council. The next few hours would show what decision the lead in Kyiv would make.
Selenskij describes Lage in the Kursk area as difficult
The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskij indirectly admitted that the Ukrainian army has to withdraw from the Kursk region. “The situation is very difficult. I can only thank our fighters for this operation, who fulfilled their task, ”said the head of state journalists.
The Ukrainian leadership had originally justified the push into the Russian border area last August by exchanging these territories for negotiations with Russia for occupied Ukrainian territory. Russian prisoners also served as a justification for the risk in which thousands of Ukrainian soldiers died. Selenskij had always described this as great success.
Trump describes talks with Putin as productive
The Trump's post did not clearly show how he had sent his message to Putin. Later his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt clear that there are conversations of his special envoy Steve Witkoff were in Moscow on Thursday evening. According to the Kremlin, he spoke to Putin there. Trump describes the talks as « good and productive ». There is a « very good chance » that the terrible war can be ended.
According to the joint declaration of the G-7, US Foreign Minister is also committed Marco Rubio Despite Trump's drastic change of course in the Ukraine War and his turn to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. « The G-7 members confirmed their unshakable support for Ukraine in defending their territorial integrity and their right to exist, as well as their freedom, sovereignty and independence, » says the final document.
In the city of Ukraine in the city of Krywyj Rih, four people were injured in a Russian attack, according to the governor. A rocket had hit a residential area, said Serhij Lyssak on Telegram. He published a photo that shows damage to a building in which several shops were apparently housed. Krywyj Rih is the hometown of the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskij and was repeatedly target of attacks in the war on Russia, which has been going on for more than three years. A person was killed in a Russian rocket attack on Wednesday, an infrastructure facility, high -rise buildings and administrative buildings were damaged. (APA/dpa)
