{"id":12462,"date":"2025-03-12T23:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T23:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/putin-visits-kursk-region-to-cheer-ouster-of-ukrainian-troops\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T23:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T23:24:36","slug":"putin-visits-kursk-region-to-cheer-ouster-of-ukrainian-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/putin-visits-kursk-region-to-cheer-ouster-of-ukrainian-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Visits Kursk Region to Cheer Ouster of Ukrainian Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir V. Putin, dressed in fatigues, visited a command post near the front in Kursk late Wednesday to cheer on his military\u2019s ejection of Ukrainian forces from the Russian border region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russian leader\u2019s pointed visit came a day after <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/world\/europe\/ukraine-us-saudi-cease-fire-talks.html\" title=\"\">a U.S. delegation met in Saudi Arabia<\/a> with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/world\/europe\/ukraine-us-saudi-cease-fire-talks.html\" title=\"\">Ukrainian officials, who<\/a> agreed to a 30-day cease-fire in the war. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/12\/world\/europe\/putin-russia-ukraine-cease-fire.html\" title=\"\">American officials planned to take the proposal to Mr. Putin<\/a>, who has previously said he is not interested in a temporary truce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dressed in a green camouflage uniform, Mr. Putin sat at a desk with maps spread out in front of him, according to photos released by the Kremlin. He appeared with Russia\u2019s top military officer, Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In video footage released by Russian state media, Mr. Putin praised the Russian military formations that had taken back territory captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region. He called on the troops to seize the territory for good from Ukrainian forces, who have been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/13\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-war-kursk-offensive.html\" title=\"\">occupying portions of the Russian border region since last summer<\/a>. Kyiv had hoped to use the territory as a bargaining chip in peace talks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Russian leader also demanded that Ukrainian forces seized in the region be treated and prosecuted as terrorists under Russian law. General Gerasimov said more than 400 Ukrainian troops had been captured in the operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPeople who are on the territory of the Kursk region, committing crimes here against the civilian population and opposing our armed forces, law enforcement agencies and special services, in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation, are terrorists,\u201d Mr. Putin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He added that \u201cforeign mercenaries\u201d do not fall under the Geneva Convention governing the treatment of prisoners of war. The conflict, which began with Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, has drawn foreign fighters. This month, Russia <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-jails-briton-it-accuses-fighting-ukraine-kursk-2025-03-05\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced<\/a> a 22-year-old British man who had volunteered for the Ukrainian Army to 19 years in prison on terrorism and mercenary charges, after his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/25\/world\/europe\/uk-man-ukraine-army-captured-russia.html\" title=\"\">capture in the Kursk region<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russian forces <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/world\/europe\/ukraine-sudzha-russian-forces.html\" title=\"\">stepped up an offensive<\/a> to push Ukrainian troops out of the region this week, as Kyiv reeled from the Trump administration\u2019s decision last week to freeze U.S. intelligence and military assistance to Ukraine after <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-zelensky-us-ukraine-russia.html\" title=\"\">an explosive confrontation in the Oval Office<\/a> between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After talks on Tuesday with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, the Trump administration announced that it would resume the assistance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By then, Russian forces were already well on their way to taking back <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/11\/world\/europe\/ukraine-sudzha-russian-forces.html\" title=\"\">Sudzha<\/a>, the main population center in the Kursk region that was captured by Ukraine last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For months, Ukraine\u2019s occupation of Russian territory has been a sore point for Moscow, which bolstered its forces with North Korean soldiers in an attempt to take back the land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russian officials boasted of a breakthrough attack in Kursk last Saturday, when, they said, some 800 fighters traveled about 10 miles through a disused gas pipeline to carry out a surprise attack on the Ukrainian rear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine\u2019s top military commander, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CinCAFofUkraine\/posts\/pfbid0zeJFSt4YDE7GoNzhC6tNXoC7hqudqhuYGAPGB3Lv92dstC7uh1v8DtrMg9yqRitl\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in a statement<\/a> that Ukrainian forces were moving to \u201cmore advantageous positions\u201d and would \u201chold the line in the Kursk region for as long as it remains reasonable and necessary.\u201d He added, \u201cIn the most difficult situations, my priority has been and remains the preservation of Ukrainian soldiers\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Putin has said that any temporary cease-fire or truce will only provide an advantage to Ukrainian forces, who are on the back foot on the battlefield and could use the reprieve to replenish personnel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Russia has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/06\/15\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations.html\" title=\"\">demanded<\/a> a broader security agreement backed by the West, including a guarantee that Ukraine will not be admitted to the NATO military alliance, as well as other commitments that risk eroding Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe do not need a truce,\u201d Mr. Putin said during his annual news briefing in December. \u201cWe need peace: a long-term and lasting peace with guarantees for the Russian Federation and its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Marc Santora<!-- --> contributed reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/12\/world\/europe\/putin-kursk-ukraine.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s president, Vladimir V. 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