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Trump asks for gentle for Ukrainian troopers – Putin agrees






US President Donald Trump hopes for peace in Ukraine and assumes a request from Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin. The Russian president reacts shortly afterwards.

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin for gentle for allegedly encircled Ukrainian troopers within the Russian space of ​​Kursk. “Exactly at this moment, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are circled by the Russian military and are in a very bad and vulnerable situation,” Trump wrote on his social community Truth Social. To stop a bloodbath, he requested Putin to guard her life.

Putin: Russia prepared to guard the lifetime of the Ukrainians

At a gathering of the National Russian Security Council, Putin reported on Trump – and agreed. For an efficient implementation, the management in Kiev ought to command the Ukrainian soldier within the Kursk space, to place down the weapons and to take captivity. However, the final workers in Kyiv rejected that the troopers had been encircled.

At the identical time, Putin mentioned that the Ukrainian troopers dedicated crimes in opposition to the civilian inhabitants. These had been categorised as terrorism by the Russian Attorney General, he mentioned. Nevertheless, Russia is severe Trump’s name to guard the lifetime of the troopers from humanitarian concerns.

“In the event of a resignation of weapons and the passage in captivity, life is guaranteed and the worthy handling according to international law and laws of the Russian Federation,” mentioned Putin. The Kremlin boss once more praised that Trump was doing every part to revive the connection between Moscow and Washington. “The process is not easy to not say difficult.”

Selenskyj describes Lage within the Kursk space as heavy

Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj not directly admitted that the Ukrainian military has to withdraw from the Kursk area. “The situation is very difficult. I can only thank our fighters for this operation, which has fulfilled their task,” mentioned the top of state journalists.

The Ukrainian management had initially justified the push into the Russian border space final August by exchanging these territories for negotiations with Russia for occupied Ukrainian territory. Russian prisoners additionally served as a justification for the danger by which hundreds of Ukrainian troopers died. Selenskyj had at all times described this as nice success.

Donald Trump describes talks with Putin as productive

The Trump’s submit didn’t clearly present how he had despatched his message to Putin. Later, his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt made it clear that there have been talks from his particular envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday night in Moscow. According to the Kremlin, he spoke to Putin there. Trump describes the talks as “good and productive”. There is a “very good chance” that the horrible warfare will be ended.

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