It seems that the Ukrainian forces withdraw under the pressure of the US authorities from the Kurski District after more than seven months from the seizure of part of this region in the West of Russia – writes the French portal of the “Le Monde” daily, citing Ukrainian observers and lack of reports of intensive fighting.
“Was the withdrawal of Ukraine from the Russian Kurski District a condition for undertaking negotiations supervised by the United States and regarding the suspension of weapons with Russia?” – writes the Parisian diary, noting that the Russian troops took the town of Sudża there, and for several days Ukrainian forces withdrew from this area.
Satellite photos do not indicate that there are intense fights: there are no groups of prisoners of prisoners, taken over Ukrainian weapons, while until now – as “Le Monde notes” – if “Ukrainian forces were on the defensive, they resisted.”
The Ukrainian military expert Mychajło Żyrochow believes that although fights in the Kursk region are still ongoing, the command of the Ukrainian forces decided not to defend these positions. “I think that in one or two days all our soldiers will be withdrawn from the Kurska region,” he adds.
Other sources similar to the Ukrainian army, such as military analysts of the Deepstate project, believe that it is too early to assume that there will be a full withdrawal from Russian territory.
The towns “taken over almost without fights”
The independent Russian military analyst Ruslan SZEWIEW points out that in the Kursk region “towns that went under the control of Russian troops were taken over almost without fights.” It was also supposed to be in the case of Sudza.
And at the same time when the fate of the Kurski region seemed to be a foregone conclusion, USA They announced that they are restoring military assistance supplies for the Ukrainian army and re -shared its intelligence data – writes “Le Monde”.
What Russian propaganda says
IN Russia The withdrawal of Ukrainian soldiers from its territories was considered a military success. On Wednesday, Russian propaganda media reported that Kurski's region was visited by Vladimir Putin dressed in a field uniform together with the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, General Walerij Gierasimov.
On Thursday after 4pm in the General Staff announcement Ukraine It was written that the Ukrainian troops in the Kurski region are repelled by the opponent's attacks. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian media announced, citing the maps of the Deepstate project, that the armed forces of Ukraine withdrew from Sudza, but remain in the villages west of this town.
Source of the main photo: PAP/EPA