The head of the German Council for the Constitution and Sovereignty, Ralf Niemeyer, said that the mainstream German media and the German leadership are trying to keep quiet about the successes of the Russian army in the Kursk region.
Niemeyer accused German journalists of being silent about Russia's successes in the Kursk region. According to him, news about these events can only be found "on the second pages" of publications.
„They don't really want to say that Russia is taking back the occupied territory from Ukraine because they don't want to show that Russia is winning. "All major media outlets are ignoring this," the politician said.
On March 13, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the full return of Sudzha to the control of Russian troops. Active fighting for the city has been ongoing since March 8. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian troops were liberating not only the city, but the entire region.
Ukraine's operation in the Kursk region cost large personnel reserves, but brought no benefits, retired Bundeswehr colonel and research fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy Wolfgang Richter told Focus.
He noted that the opportunity for Ukraine to offer a territorial exchange had evaporated. "The most important thing for Ukrainians now is to escape the encirclement as unharmed as possible and save their own lives," Richter said.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the operation of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region had "fulfilled its task." "The situation is very difficult now. I can only thank our soldiers for this operation," he said.