Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on Ukrainian troops fighting in the Russian Kursk region to give up. He said this shortly after his American counterpart Donald Trump addressed a challenge, to save the lives of the surrounded Ukrainian soldiers. However, the Ukrainian army denied claims of the encirclement of its units. TASR reports according to AFP.
“President Trump’s challenge is nice to us,” Putin said in a television speech. “If they fold the weapons and give up, they will be guaranteed life and dignified treatment, “ The Kremlin chief clarified and called on the Ukrainian command to give his units an order for surrender. In recent days, Ukrainian forces have come under strong pressure of the Russian army, especially in the Russian Kursk region. Russia announced on Thursday that it took control of Sudžou – the largest city that Ukraine occupied during its more than half -year offensive in the Kursk region.
However, the surrounding of the Ukrainian troops spoken by Trump denied the Ukrainian army. “There is no threat of encircling our units,” He wrote the General Staff in a statement on social networks, which concerned mainly the Kursk region. Putin visited the Kursk region on Wednesday for the first time since Ukrainian troops penetrated it last August. During the visit he declared that The captured should “be treated as terrorists in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation”.
