Russian troops seem near driving Ukraine from all of the territory it seized within the Kursk area of Russia final yr, a prospect that President Trump appeared to acknowledge in a social media put up on Friday.
Later within the day, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia insisted that Ukraine order a few of its forces in Kursk to give up.
The Russian push in Kursk appeared to speed up after Mr. Trump froze navy assist and intelligence assist to Ukraine on March 3. The circulate of aid resumed this week as Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Russia.
On Thursday, Mr. Putin mentioned he was open to the proposal however would search to barter over numerous points.
Each Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump claimed on Friday that Ukrainian forces had been surrounded in Kursk, the place Kyiv’s troops shocked Russia with a cross-border incursion final summer time.
