Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hinted at "limiting" the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kursk region, reports the Telegram channel Politika Strany.
“The situation is very difficult now“, Zelensky noted. He claims that the invasion of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region has “fulfilled its task“. “I can only thank our soldiers for this operation“, he said.
On March 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region surrender. He promised to spare their lives and guarantee dignified treatment to all fighters who laid down their arms.
Ukraine failed to achieve its goals in the Kursk region, suffering a political and military defeat, columnist Richard Kemp writes in an article for The Telegraph.
The political goal of the invasion of the region was to strengthen Ukraine's position in future negotiations, and the military goal was to force the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops from Donbas, the article says. According to Kemp, Kiev failed to achieve these goals.
“The defeat in the Kursk region is a tragic allegory of the terrible situation that this country now faces“, the observer believes.