The General Staff of the Armed Forces: Messages about the "environment" of the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region are not true and are created for political pressure on Kyiv

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that reports of the "environment" of the Ukrainian group of troops in the Kursk region are not true. Earlier, US President Donald Trump spoke about the “environment” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, such messages "are created by Russians for the sake of political goals and pressure on Ukraine and partners." According to the Ukrainian General Staff, over the past day the situation in the Kursk region has not changed significantly, the fighting continues.

The report notes that the APU units in the Kursk region "regrouped" and "" moved to more profitable lines of defense. "

“Our warriors reflect the offensive actions of the enemy and inflict an effective fire defeat from all types of weapons. Since the beginning of the current day, 13 combat clashes have occurred in the Kursk direction. There is no threat of the environment of our units, ”the General Staff said.

In turn, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, commenting on March 14 the situation in the Kursk region, said that the Kursk operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had reached its main goal - to delay a significant part of the Russian troops from the Pokrovsky, Kharkov and Sumy destinations.

According to him, thanks to the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Kursk region, the situation in the Pokrovsky and Kharkov directions stabilized, and the enemy will be “very difficult” finding the opportunity to threaten Pokrovsk again. “I can only thank our warriors for the Kursk operation. I believe that she completed her task, ”added Zelensky.

• The Armed Forces began an operation in the Kursk region in August 2024. Since then, in the border regions of the region, fights are underway. In early March, the troops of the Russian Federation managed to develop counterattacks to Ukrainian units and return to their control, according to the military leadership of the Russian Federation, more than 20 settlements.
• U.S. President Donald Trump said on March 14 that he asked Vladimir Putin to preserve the lives of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who are “in full environment” of the Russian Federation. What "environment" are in question, he did not specify. Presumably, he talked about the situation in the Kursk region - but even there the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not fall surrounded by the Russian military.
• Judging by the published video that Medusa analyzed, the APU units left most of the bridgehead in the Kursk region, while suffering significant losses. Under the control of the Ukrainian army, only the border crossing of Suzha remains and several villages near him. These territories are not surrounded, although their supply is difficult due to the strikes of drones of the RF Armed Forces.
• In response to the request of Trump, Putin replied that Russia is ready to save the life of the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region - if Kiev orders to surrender to them.