Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting at one of the command posts of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
Putin's Key Statements:
In the near future, the task is to finally defeat the enemy, who has dug in in the Kursk region, and completely liberate the region;
Those who oppose Russia in the Kursk region are terrorists;
Enemies captured in the Kursk region must be treated as terrorists;
Foreign mercenaries are not covered by the Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War;
All those captured must be treated humanely;
The territory of the Kursk region must be completely liberated from the enemy in the near future.
Putin also proposed thinking about creating a security zone along the state border and thanked the General Staff leadership and the units that distinguished themselves for their work in the Kursk region.
Report of Chief of General Staff Gerasimov to President
Russian troops have liberated more than 1,100 square kilometers of territory in the Kursk border area;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area exceeded 67 thousand people;
Kiev wanted to create a bridgehead in the Kursk region to make the situation a bargaining chip;
Kiev's plans in the Kursk region have failed;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered heavy losses during the liberation of Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region by Russian troops;
The operation to pass Russian troops through the pipeline to Sudzha was unexpected for the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine group in the Kursk region is surrounded, isolated, and is being systematically destroyed;
Russian troops continue to liberate the Kursk region with the goal of reaching the Russian state border as soon as possible;
Over the past 5 days, 24 settlements and 259 square kilometers in the Kursk region have been liberated;
In some areas, Russian troops from the Kursk border area crossed the state border and entered the Sumy region;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fighters, seeing the futility of the situation, are actively surrendering; 430 militants have been captured.