“The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov stated that the forces of defense had been relocated to more favorable defense bonds in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, according to him, the information “about thousands of Ukrainian servicemen who got into the environment” is false.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Umerov on FOX News TV channel, quotes Interfax-Ukraine
Direct language Umerova: “Our defense forces, we continue to conduct defensive actions and keep a significant number of kilometers of the enemy’s territory.
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In order to preserve some readiness of forces and troops, we have carried out a planned redeployment to more favorable defense boundaries, but at this stage no subdivision of the defense forces is surrounded and a statement about thousands of Ukrainian military personnel who have fallen into the environment are not true. ”
Details: According to the minister, last fall during the Brix summit, information about the allegedly getting some Ukrainian servicemen into the environment was disseminated, “but the information was not confirmed.”
Direct language Umerov: “Therefore, this is a continuation of propaganda. But we will continue an active defense operation with offensive actions on the flanks of the enemy’s operational grouping to prevent its invasion of our territory.”
That preceded: The General Staff of the Armed Forces denied statements about the environment of Ukrainian units in the Kursk region. In particular, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke about it.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the forces of defense were coped with the main task of the Kursk operation: to delay troops from Pokrovsk, Kharkiv direction and Sumy.
The General Staff in the morning of March 16 published a map depicting the full withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Russian Sudzhi in Kurshchyna.