Putin surprisingly in Kursk: Trump says peace is located with Russia

Putin surprisingly in Kursk: Trump says peace is located with Russia

President Vladimir Putin surprisingly attended the Kursk region occupied by Russia on Wednesday, while the Kremlin a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire . This is done at a time when the Russian troops move on the only territorial base of Ukraine.

Putin's visit to Kursk

wearing a military uniform, which Broadcasted by Russian state television, Putin explained to the front soldiers that Moscow's goal was to "completely free" Kursk as soon as possible. This was his first visit to the western region since the unexpected invasion of Ukraine last year.

motivation by the Kremlin

Putin's carefully staged visit seemed to be set out to strengthen morality, while the Russian armed forces advantage on the last remains of Ukrainian resistance nests in Russia, one day after Peace talks between US and Ukrainian representatives led to Kiev accepted a 30-day brace supported by the USA, which supported the entire front line covered.

The military situation in Kursk

The lightning offensive in Kursk threatens Kiews a decisive point in the war while a possible ceasefire is on the brink.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the ball was now lying with Putin, while US representatives "right now" travel to Russia to discuss the ceasefire proposal. "We will have to see. It is now up to Russia," Trump told the reporters in the Oval Office and refused to comment on a possible meeting with the Russian leader.

Putin's strategy to stabilize the front

The press spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, said Putin was studying the proposal "thoroughly", while Moscow is waiting for an early information from US officials. Hours later, Russian state television showed Putin, who meets his commander -in -chief Valery Gerasimov in Kursk before he held a speech to the soldiers in which he asked them to drive the remaining Ukrainian armed forces in the region and addressed the possibility of creating a "buffer zone" along the Russian border to Ukraine

Ukrainian military and strategic realignment

Ukrainian soldiers who were captured in Kursk as “terrorists”. In August there was a shock of the Ukraine in

Current developments and challenges

However, Ukraine had difficulty holding the conquered territory, and its control over the region has quickly worsened . Gerasimov claimed on Wednesday that the Russian armed forces had recaptured more than 86 % of the area taken by Ukraine, 430 Ukrainian soldiers had been captured and the remaining Ukrainians were surrounded.

The strategy of the Ukrainian army

Especially Kiev's hopes of using Kursk as a negotiating instrument, "completely collapsed," said Gerasimov. Peskov said on Thursday that the operation for the expulsion of the remaining Ukrainian forces had entered the final phase, reported the state news agency TASS.

The Ukrainian army has admitted to having been sold by the Russian armed forces in the past few days from several settlements in Kursk. On Wednesday, the top Ukrainian General Oleksandr Syrskyi indicated that further tactical withdrawals are considered in "cheaper positions", emphasizing that it was his priority to "save the life of Ukrainian soldiers". Russia carried out air strikes in its own area, also to the city of Sudzha, which was "almost completely destroyed", added Syrskyi.

Visit from US representatives in Russia

Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will probably travel to Russia later this week. However, it is unclear whether he plans to meet Putin with whom he spoke last month. Vice President JD Vance noticed in the Oval Office that discussions "take place on the phone and personally with some of our representatives in the next few days.

Reporting of CNN: Daria Tarasova-Markina, Catherine Nicholls, Mariya Knight, Sophie Tanno and Betsy Klein.