Russian propaganda media announced that President Vladimir Putin visited the Kurski region. The Russian leader was to appear at one of the commanding stations of the troops fighting in the border region, where the Russians are slowly regaining lost areas, and the situation of Ukrainian forces remains difficult.
The Kremlin recording, published on Wednesday, presents Vladimir Putin dressed in a uniform and talking to the head of the General Staff Walerij Gierasimov.
Leader Russia He was to appear at one of the army command posts fighting in the border region. Gierasimow – quoted by propaganda media – reported that during the counteroffensive Russian troops occupied an area of over a thousand square kilometers. Over the past five days, 24 settlements have been reflected in the Kurski region, and in some sections of the border with Ukraine The Russians entered the summary region.
According to Gierasimów, the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region are “isolated” and “their systematic destruction is underway”. The chief of staff of the Russian army added that the Ukrainian army lost over 67,000 soldiers in the region.
Putin was supposed to put the task of “defeating the enemy in the shortest possible time” and liberating the entire territory of the Kurski District. “
Doubts about the recording
According to the independent Russian channel on the Astra telegram, the recording is visible “traces of assembly and the language is distorted”.
Another independent Russian channel on the Faridily telegram (it was created after the armed invasion of Russia to Ukraine by journalist Farida Rustamowa, who worked, among others in the Russian editorial office of the BBC and Oposition Television of the Doid) pointed out that the video “Putin has a high voice, and the picture does not match the sound.” “Apparently the Kremlin was in a hurry,” Faridily assessed. The channel also suggested that the Kremlin in the recording could use Putin's double. His attention was also noted by the fact that Putin was dressed in a military uniform, in which he had not appeared in public since the beginning of Russia's armed invasion of Ukraine.
Reflected Sudża
The situation of Ukrainian forces in the Kurski region remains difficult. They withdrew from the most important abutment, the town of Sudża. The Ukrainian Deepstate project, monitoring the situation on the front, said that the Ukrainian army still remain in the villages west of Sudza.
The situation in the Kurski regionPAP
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