Although Vladimir Putin announced today (26.04.2025) that Russian troops recaptured the Russian region Kurskthe Ukraine He argues that this is not the case and denies the Russian president’s claims.
In particular, the Vladimir Putin He said that General Valerie Girassimov informed him that “today the last community in the area of Kursk, the village of Gornal, was liberated from the military units developed by Ukraine.”
«The adventure of the Kiev regime has fully failed“, Vladimir Putin then stressed that:” The full departure of the enemy (…) creates the conditions for further successful actions of our forces in other important zones of the front. “
It is noted that the Ukrainian military forces had invaded the Kursk region in August 2024, initially occupied hundreds of square kilometers.
For several weeks, Ukrainian troops have been receding from this area of the front, with the Russian army recovering the area a little bit.
Putin is updated at a teleconference by General Gerasimov for Kursk / Sputnik / Alexander Kazakov / Pool Via Reuters
Indeed, Vladimir Putin had in the past implied that was not ready to negotiate for the end of the warwhich broke out with the invasion of his forces in Ukraine in February 2022, As long as Ukrainian forces were not completely expelled from Kursk District.
However, it seems that Kursk’s recapture “paved the way” so that Putin to declare ready for negotiations with Ukraine, “without conditions”as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has also confirmed today.
On the other side, Kiev describes as “false” and “propaganda” Putin’s announcement of Kursk as a diplomatic “fever” is ongoing at the end of the war.
The Ukrainian army quickly spoke of ‘False ‘information, assuring that battles’ continues’ in Kursk.
“THEI statements by enemy leaders in terms of ‘defeat’ of Ukrainian forces are nothing more than propaganda maneuvers“, He said in a statement.
«There is no threat of encircling our forces“The Ukrainian forces said, however, referring to a” difficult “situation.