Ukraine says Putin’s troops strengthened their forces in Russia’s Kursk region as Trump aid pauses
Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said on Monday that Kiev is strengthening its forces involved in combat in Russia’s Kursk region, and Moscow’s troops have been recapturing the ground. The move comes ahead of negotiations between Ukrainian and U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia, President Trump has quickly ceased fire within three years The war started by Russia.
Ukrainian soldiers initiated a bold Attacking the Kursk region of Russia August even caught their Western allies off guard, causing an embarrassing blow to the Kremlin. Ukraine had hoped that controlling Russian territory would play a role in any negotiations with Moscow. However, recently, Ukraine has been losing ground there: last month they lost two-thirds of the territory they once controlled in Kursk.
“I decided to strengthen our grouping with the necessary forces and means, including electronic warfare and unmanned components,” Syrsky wrote on social media on Monday.
Moscow claims it has retreated from control of many villages, including progress in recent days. It also claims to have captured a village within Novenke, Sumy, Ukraine, not far from an important pathway for Ukrainian troops in Kursk to fight Ukrainian forces.
These advances are after the president Trump’s decision is suspended U.S. military aid and intelligence shared with Ukraine – White House defense is strong, but puts pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept a truce along the line The blurred lines envisioned by Mr. Trump.
Seersky asserted on Monday that the fighting momentum between Kursk and Sumi was “under the control of the Ukrainian National Wehrmacht.”
He also spoke about concerns circulating in the Ukrainian media that the Ukrainian army could be surrounded by Russian fighters, saying: “At present, there are no threats to surround our units in the Kursk region.”
However, he admitted that Ukrainian forces were buckled under pressure from Russia and had to return to a more easily held position.
“These troops are taking timely measures to manipulate favorable defense lines,” he said.
Haley Ott contributed to the report.
