London – Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Command Center in the Kata on Wednesday, ordered troops there to “destroy” all the remaining Ukraine formations in the contested border region.
“Your task is to really destroy the enemy, which has been rooted in the Kecapan area and is still doing war here, and fully freeing the area of the Kitards area in the shortest possible time,” Putin said while wrapped in military fatigue.
“The previous status along the limit must be restored,” said the President. “I hope that all combat objectives faced by your combat unit will be achieved without conditions and the area of the Katakan area will be fully cleaned of the enemy in the near future.”
Ukrainian troops pushed the Kursk in August with a surprise attack, seizing the city of Sudzha and the surrounding villages. Kyiv’s troops have expelled for months from the Russian -Russian contra -opa -contra, but in the last few weeks they have seen their prominent destroyed and Russian troops have reclaimed significant land.
A sight of the drone showed the troops raising the flag in the water tower at the Sudzha center in the western Koursop area of Russia on March 12, 2025.
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On Wednesday, Russian troops raised their flags over Central Sudzha when Ukraine troops rushed back to the joint border.
The success of the Russian battlefield in the Katk came when the US encouraged Moscow and Kyiv to return to peaceful negotiations. This week, Ukraine and the US approved the 30 -day ceasefire potential, with American representatives also placed the proposal to the uninformed Kremlin.
Russian officials have indicated that they will not be involved in peaceful negotiations while one of the Kursk remains under the control of Ukraine. Kyiv hopes to use his job in the region as a lever in the conversation, even though his footsteps there are now quickly shrinking.
On Wednesday, Putin said he would give “special thinking in the future to create a security zone along the country’s border” to prevent recurring Ukraine attacks. The prisoners taken in Russia will be treated “as terrorists,” Putin said, adding that “foreign mercenary army” was not protected under the Geneva Convention.
Middle Eastern Delegation President Donald Trump Steve Witkoff is expected to be in Moscow this week because the government encourages a broader ceasefire and a broader peace agreement. The ball is now “really in their court,” State Secretary Marco Rubio said about Russia after the US-Ukraine agreement for a 30-day ceasefire proposal.
In a picture taken from the handout footage released by Kremlin on March 12, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the command point for the Kursk Troop group involved in a counterattack in the Kursk area.
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Kremlin is not committed. The officials “examined” the statement released by public, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday. Russia, he added, “Not wanting to advance alone” on a potential ceasefire.
Trump’s peace encouragement – which has twin with fierce public criticism of Ukraine and Volodymyr President Zelenskyy – has been welcomed by American allies, even though leaders have been disturbed by the real harmony of the president with Russian fake narratives about the conflict.
Rubio will meet with the G7 Foreign Minister in Quebec, Canada, on Thursday. His presence at the meeting will also be overshadowed by the Trump trade war that rotates with the North American neighbor, plus the president’s repeated suggestions that Canada is absorbed by the US and becomes the 51st country.
The G7 event “is not a meeting about how we will take over Canada,” Rubio said on Wednesday, as quoted by the Associated Press.
State Secretary Marco Rubio arrived at Quebec City International Airport Jean Lesage for a meeting of the G7 Foreign Minister in Quebec, Canada, on March 12, 2025.
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Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, said that “in every meeting, I will raise the tariff problem to coordinate responses with Europeans and to pressure America.”
“The only constant in the unjustified trade war seems to be the conversation of President Trump on annexing our country through economic coercion,” Joly said. “Yesterday, he called our border as a fiction line and repeated the rhetoric of the 51st country that was not polite.”
ABC News’ asked Stukalova, Patrick Revell and Will Gretsky contributed to this report.