Russia will not begin negotiations with kyiv until it liberates the Kursk region from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by The Washington Post.
After a surprise cross-border invasion in August, Ukraine, despite losing about half of its initial gains, still maintains a foothold in the Kursk region. Last week, according to Ukrainian military officials and analysts, the Russian Armed Forces launched a new counteroffensive here, flooding the front line with thousands of soldiers. According to US intelligence estimates, at least 10,000 North Koreans have been sent to the region. The new thing was ruthless and started later. donald trumpwho promised to end the war “within 24 hours”, was elected president of the United States, the publication writes.
“The moment appears to demonstrate the Kremlin’s growing awareness of the role Kursk could play in future negotiations: if negotiations take place, Russia wants to ensure that only Ukrainian soil is the topic of discussion,” the article said.
“It is clear that Moscow will not start any negotiations until it expels all Ukrainian soldiers from Kursk,” the editor-in-chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta told the Washington Post. Konstantin Remchukov.
According to Remchukov, the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin It does not want Kursk to be used as a bargaining chip, nor does it want to be forced to give up any part of the occupied Ukrainian territory it seized after the Russian invasion. Putin’s recent statements that any agreement must reflect the reality on the ground refer to the intention to return Kursk, the publication’s interlocutor noted.
Russian military blogger Mikhail ZvinchukThe founder of the Rybar telegram channel, in turn, said that Trump could try to put pressure on Moscow in connection with the Ukrainian occupation of the Kursk region, but Zvinchuk hopes that it will be released in the coming weeks or months.
“I think that in any case the Kursk issue will be resolved before Trump’s inauguration.” – said the blogger.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine captured 386 square meters. miles up to 579 square feet. miles of territory in the Kursk region in the first two weeks of the operation in August, said an analyst at Black Bird Group, a Helsinki-based open source analysis group. Pasi Paroinen. Since then, Russia has constantly counterattacked. With a three-pronged offensive underway, the analyst predicted that Ukrainian-controlled territory would shrink further in the coming days.
