Putin orders Russian troops to continue war against Ukraine, Trump’s envoy visits Moscow to discuss ceasefire

Officials claimed on Thursday that Russian troops had driven Ukrainian troops out of the largest town in Russia’s Kursk border area, with President Trump’s senior envoy reaching Moscow, Discuss the 30-day ceasefire provided by the United States
During the three-year war recognized by Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry’s claim that the troops have recaptured the town of Suzha came hours after President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to commanders in Kursk, he encountered military fatigue and promised that the entire review of the region could not be independently verified.

Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on the claim, but U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News that Russian troops have made “huge gains” in Kursk over the past week. Russia has been manipulating Ukrainian forces, who launched a surprise invasion on Kursk a few months ago, and they did so successfully that the Ukrainians may soon have to decide whether to withdraw Ukraine or to cut off the supply line.

When President Trump urges a swift diplomatic ending War triggered by Russian full-scale invasion
On February 24, 2022, the United States ceased military aid and intelligence sharing to Kiev on March 3 after canceling progress in stopping combat during talks held by senior U.S. officials and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.

“It’s up to Russia now,” Mr Trump said on Wednesday, whose administration urged Moscow to agree to a ceasefire. If the U.S. president refuses to interact with his peace efforts, he said: “Finally, we can do something bad for Russia. It’s devastating for Russia. But I don’t want to do it because I want to see peace, it’s devastating.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Mr. Trump’s special envoy against Russia and Ukraine, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Moscow to hold talks with Russian officials, possibly including Putin. His plane landed in Moscow on Thursday morning, but his schedule was not disclosed.

“Before the negotiations began – they haven’t started – it’s wrong to talk about it in public,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. The Kremlin repeatedly ruled out accepting any agreements that saw Western forces deployed in Ukraine to help maintain peace, but many European countries say the words are needed, although only Britain and France suggest any willingness to do so.

By sending a signal Opening remarks
Ukraine showed the Kremlin a dilemma when the Russian military prevailed in the war – whether to accept a truce and abandon hope for new gains, or to refuse a cautious reconciliation with Washington.

The Ukrainian army’s foothold within Russia has been under tremendous pressure with the renewed efforts of the Russian troops and the support of the North Korean troops. Ukraine’s bold invasion last August caused foreign troops to occupy Russian soil for the first time since World War II and embarrass the Kremlin.

But, given the recent Russian advances, Putin doesn’t look like an interested man, who visited Kursk’s troops on Wednesday, dressed in military fatigue and spoke to the commander, who ordered his troops to put down their weapons on Wednesday. He said he hopes the military “to completely release the enemy in the Kursk region in the near future.”

Putin added that “it is necessary to consider creating a safe zone alongside the state border”, a signal that Moscow could try to expand its territorial gains by capturing parts of Ukraine’s neighboring Sumi region. This idea could complicate the ceasefire agreement.

Ukraine launched a summer raid on Kursk to oppose growing frontline news and drove Russian troops away from the battlefields within Ukraine and gain bargaining chips in any peace negotiations. But the invasion failed to significantly change the dynamics of war.

Ukraine’s senior military chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi said late Wednesday that Sudzha was almost completely destroyed by the Air Russia strike against Kursk. Instead of commenting on whether Ukraine still controls the solution, he said it was a “more favorable route to go (the army).

Meanwhile, Major General Dmitro Krasirnikov, commander of the Northern Operations Command of Ukraine, was fired for his position, and he told Ukrainian media on Wednesday. He told the media that he had no reason to be fired, saying, “I guess I’m guessing, but I don’t want to talk about it.”

Tucker Reals, Eleanor Watson and Holly Williams contributed to the report.