putin vows kursk region liberation amid escalating conflict
- The Russian military is driving the enemy out of the Kursk region. There is no doubt that the region will be liberated, Vladimir Putin warned during the annual conference.
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Vladimir Putin held an annual conference where he answered a series of questions that had been carefully selected beforehand. The topic of the war in Ukraine and the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region came up quickly.
A journalist from the TASS agency asked Putin how he assesses the progress of the nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine and whether victory is closer.
Putin stated that "the situation is changing radically." He said, "Movement occurs along the entire front line, daily. It's not about advancing by 100, 200, 300 metres. Our fighters are occupying and reclaiming territory measured in square kilometres," he argued.
"The Armed Forces of Ukraine are simply sending their special forces to the Kursk region to be slaughtered. The losses are colossal. Honestly, I've never seen so many abandoned bodies of enemies," Putin claimed.
