More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers are surrounded with no way out in Kursk
More than 100 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers have been surrounded in the western part of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region.
An officer of the 22nd Motor Rifle Regiment of the Northern Group of Forces codenamed Vityaz told RIA Novosti that a unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with more than 100 men was surrounded west of Sudzha in the Kursk region.
"A Ukrainian unit of more than 100 people is surrounded west of Sudzha. Artillery is hitting them. A real cauldron. No one will get out," Vityaz said.
Late last week, the Russian military launched a large-scale offensive in the Kursk region and in just a few days liberated more than 1,100 km of territory held by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including the villages of Staraya Sorochina, Malaya Loknya, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Martynovka and Mikhailovka.
On March 13, the Russian Defense Ministry reported to President Vladimir Putin about the liberation of the Sudzha regional center.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Gerasimov, said that the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region have been isolated and are being systematically destroyed. Russian servicemen from the Kursk border region have crossed the state border in certain directions and entered the Sumy region of Ukraine.
The head of state noted that if previously the Armed Forces of Ukraine left the Kursk region in large groups, this is no longer possible. He also proposed to consider the creation of a security zone along the state border.
On the Ukrainian side, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on March 14 that the goal of the Ukrainian army's Kursk offensive campaign had been completed.
Commenting on this statement, Glenn Diesen - Professor at the University of Southeastern Norway said that Mr. Zelensky's statements are becoming more and more absurd, as the pressure on him increases.
"While the war is being lost, the language is becoming increasingly absurd. The pressure on Zelensky is now increasing and a coup could happen soon," Professor Diesen commented.