The Ukrainian forces forces from the Kursk region, claim Russia

All Ukrainian forces have been forced out of Russian Corsak regionRussian military claim.

Valerie. Girassemov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, gave news to President Vladimir Putin at a meeting on Saturday.

“Today, the last settlement was liberated in the Corsak region, the village of Journal, from the Ukrainian forces,” Girassemp said during a video conference meeting with Putin.

Ukrainian officials have not confirmed the claim. In its morning update on Saturday, the Ukrainian General Staff said that its forces are still breaking the Russian forces in the Kursk sector, which pushed back against Russian allegations that Ukraine had been fully expelled from the region.

In a statement, Putin congratulated the Russian soldiers and leaders and said that Kyiv’s incursion was “completely failed.”

He said, “The complete defeat of our Adna along the border area of ​​Kursk creates the right conditions for more successes for our forces and in other important areas of the front.”

Ukraine launched A bold attack in the Kirk border area In August last year, its Western allies collided with guarding and dealing with a embarrassing blow to Moscow. It took control of an estimated 500 square miles of the ground. Ukraine was hoping that it would give it control of Russian lands to pressure during any ceasefire talks in the future. However, their gains slowly eroded and the Ukrainian forces continued to lose land control for early 2025.

Now, the Russian forces are on the border and are preparing to enhance the threats of the Ukrainian region in Sumi, facing Kursk, according to Agence France -Presse.

Gerasimov confirmed on Saturday that North Korea’s soldiers fought against the Ukrainian forces in the Russian Kursk region. Girassemov said they participated in “combat missions along with Russian soldiers during the Ukrainian incursion challenge” and “showed high professionalism, showed their stability, courage and heroism in the battle.”

In the fall, Ukraine, the United States and South Korea, said that North Korea, which had previously provided weapons to Moscow, said, It was deployed from 10,000 to 12,000 of its forces To Russia to fight in Kursk.

Moscow and Pyongyang have so far responded mystery to the South Korean and Western allegations to deploy the forces, with a focus that their military cooperation is compatible with international law, without direct recognition of the presence of the North Korean forces in Russia.

The news came from Kursk as US President Trump and Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski He met in the Vatican city Margin Funeral of Pope Francis.

Ukrainian presidential spokesman, Seerhi Nikiforov, said the presidents met in Saint Peter for 15 minutes and agreed to continue negotiations later on Saturday.

Stephen Chiong, the White House’s communications director, confirmed the meeting and said that they “met in particular today and they were a very fruitful discussion.”

Soon after the end of the Pope’s funeral, Mr. Trump left Italy for the United States

The United States in the Middle East met Steve Witkev with Putin on Friday, and Mr. Trump said that both sides are “very close to the deal.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said In an interview with “the face of the nation with Margaret Brennan” The Kremlin is “ready to reach a deal” with the United States on Ukraine, although he also said that some elements need to “control it.”

“The President of the United States believes, and I really think we are moving in the right direction,” Lavrov said.

Meanwhile, in a statement on Friday night, Zelenskyy said that “very important meetings may take place” in the coming days, and that an unconditional ceasefire is needed.

He said: “There is a need for real pressure on Russia so that they accept either the American proposal to stop the fire and move towards peace, or our proposal – which one can really work and ensure reliable, immediate and unconditional fire, and then – generous peace and security guarantees.”