Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski denied his allegations Vladimir Putin that Russian troops recaptured the Russian region Kurskwho also caused Kiev’s reaction.
It all started when yesterday (26.04.2025) Vladimir Putin announced that Kursk is now in the hands of Russian military forcesfollowing a reference given to him by the leader of Russia’s Armed Forces, General Valerie Gerasimov.
“The last community in the area of the Kursk region, the village of Gornal, was liberated from the military units developed by Ukraine. The Kiev regime has completely failed, “the Russian president initially said.
Putin then added: ‘The full departure of the enemy (…) It creates the terms for further successful actions of our forces in other important zones of the front. “
A few hours later, Kiev responded to the Russian Presidentcharacterizing “Lies” and “Propaganda” what Putin publicly said.
“The enemy leaders’ statements about the ‘defeat’ of the Ukrainian forces are nothing more than maneuvering propaganda. There is no threat of surrounding our forces, ”the Ukrainian side said.
Zelenski’s answer
Today (27.04.2025) Volodimir Zelenski took the “bat”, stressing in a post on social media that the Ukrainian army is continuing its operations in the Russian region of Kursk.
Ukrainian president initially said that The situation in the front line remains difficult and how ‘Ukrainian troops received more than 70 Russian attacks on all fronts in the morning».
He then added: “Most battles are in Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk, Liman and Kursk, while Ukrainian forces continue their defense operations in Russian regions of Kursk and Belgorod.”
Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi provided an update on the frontline situation. In many directions, the situation remains difficult.
By midday alone, there have already been nearly 70 Russian assaults on our positions. Fighting continues. The occupier continues its offensive…
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@zelenskyyua) April 27, 2025
In this way, Zelenski denies what his Russian counterpart supported yesterday, who today phoned the senior governors in the Western Kursk region in Russia to congratulate them on the “end of the Ukrainian forces”.
«Putin congratulated them for the victory and thanked them for their heroic work“, Reported news agencies, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to Russian news agencies citing the Kremlin.
It is recalled that the Ukrainian forces invaded the Western Russian region of Kursk in August 2024, initially occupied hundreds of square kilometers.
For several weeks, Ukrainian troops retreated from this area of the frontwith the Russian army recovering the area a little bit.
The importance of Kursk
Vladimir Putin had in the past implied that he was not ready to negotiate for the end of the war, which erupted with the invasion of his forces in Ukraine in February 2022, as long as the Ukrainian forces were not fully expelled from the region.
Ukrainian leaders had justified this surprise attack by saying they wanted to have a one in their hands one New negotiating paper in case of peace talks.
THE Volodimir Zelenski recently suggested to Russia to agree on a “exchange” of soil, something Moscowwhose army is promoted elsewhere on the front, he categorically rejected.