The Ukrainian troops expelled from the Kursk region, says Russia

All Ukrainian troops have been forced to get out of Kursk region of RussiaRussian military statements.

Valería Gerasimov, head of the general personnel of the Armed Forces of Russia, gave the news to President Vladimir Putin at a meeting on Saturday.

“Today, the last agreement in the Kursk region, the village of Gornal, has been released from the Ukrainian forces,” Gerasimov said during a videoconference meeting with Putin, according to News.

Ukrainian officials did not confirm the claim. In his morning update on Saturday, Ukraine general personnel said that his forces continue to retain Russian troops in the Kursk sector, rejecting the Russian statements that Ukraine has been completely evicted from the territory.

In a statement, Putin congratulated Russian soldiers and commanders and said that kyiv’s incursion “had completely failed.”

“The complete defeat of our enemy along the border region of Kursk creates the right conditions for more successes for our troops and in other important areas of the front,” he said.

Ukraine launched a Bold offensive in Kursk’s border region In August last year, even caughting its unsuspecting western allies and gave Moscow a shameful blow. He took control of approximately 500 square miles. Ukraine had hoped that controlling the Russian territory would influence him during any future conversation of Alto El Fuego. However, their profits were slowly eroding and Ukrainian troops continued to lose control of the territory in early 2025.

Now, Russian troops are on the border and are prepared to reinforce threats to the Ukrainian region of Sumy, which faces Kursk, News reported.

Gerasimov also confirmed on Saturday that North Korean soldiers fought against Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region of Russia. Gerasimov said that they participated in “combat missions shoulder shoulder with Russian military during the repellation of the Ukrainian incursion” and “demonstrated high professionalism, showed strength, courage and heroism in battle.”

In autumn, Ukraine, the United States and South Korea said that North Korea, who had previously supplied weapons to Moscow, there were deployed 10,000-12,000 of his troops To Russia to fight in Kursk.

Moscow and Pyongyang had so far responded vaguely to the claims of South Korea and west of the deployment of troops, emphasizing that their military cooperation fits international law, without directly admitting the presence of North Korean forces in Russia.

Kursk’s news occurred when the president of the United States, Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in the city of the Vatican apart from Pope Francis’s funeral.

The two presidents met in the Basilica of San Pedro for about 15 minutes and agreed to continue negotiations later on Saturday, said Ukrainian presidential spokesman Serhii NykyForov.

The Communications Director of the White House, Steven Cheung, also confirmed the meeting and said that “they met privately today and had a very productive discussion.”

Shortly after the end of the Pope’s funeral, Trump left Italy in the United States

The East of the United States. Uu. Steve Witkoff met with Putin on Friday, and Trump said both parties were “very close to an agreement.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said In an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” That Kremlin is “ready to reach an agreement” with the United States in Ukraine, although he also said that some elements must be “adjusted.”

“The president of the United States believes, and I think that we are rightly moving in the right direction,” said Lavrov.

Meanwhile, in a statement on Friday night, Zelenskyy said that “very significant meetings can take place” in the next few days, and that the unconditional fire was needed.

“A real pressure on Russia is needed to accept the American proposal to cease fire and move towards peace, or our proposal, anyone who can really work and guarantee a reliable, immediate and unconditional fire, and then a worthy guarantee of peace and security,” he said.

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