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Ukrainian forces encircled in Kursk Region – Russia’s top general
Eighty-six percent of Kursk Region’s territory previously held by Ukraine has been liberated, Valery Gerasimov has claimed

Ukrainian forces in Kursk Region, western Russia, have been encircled and isolated, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said on Tuesday. He added that 86% of the territory has been liberated, and that the systematic destruction of enemy forces is underway.

Gerasimov reported on the situation in Kursk Region during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at one of the command posts in the area.

Over the past five days, Russia’s ‘North’ military grouping took control of 24 settlements and 259 square kilometers of territory, Gerasimov said. In certain areas, Russian forces have advanced and crossed into Ukraine’s Sumy Region.

He also said that the Ukrainian army suffered 67,000 casualties in the area.

Gerasimov added that in the nearest future Ukrainian troops would be defeated in Kursk and that Moscow’s forces would reach the border. He said that enemy soldiers were surrendering, with 430 prisoners already taken.

Putin stated that Ukrainian prisoners should be treated “as terrorists in accordance with Russian law.”

The visit came just hours after media reports about the liberation of Sudzha – the biggest city held by the Ukrainians in Kursk Region. Some videos on social media appeared to show Russian troops raising a flag in the city center. According to some reports, the fighting is ongoing in the western and northwestern outskirts of Sudzha.

Earlier this week, the Russian military recaptured 12 settlements and over 100 square kilometers of land in a surprise attack that also allowed them to retake Sudzha’s industrial zone. The operation had been in preparation for months and involved some 800 soldiers walking several miles through an empty gas pipeline to infiltrate Ukrainian positions.

https://www.rt.com/russia/614105-ukrainian-forces-encircled-kursk/

 

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN: 

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE ODESSA, KHERSON AND KHARKIV.....

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

TRANSNISTRIA WILL BE PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

EASY.

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

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a useless analysis....

 

Zelenskyy's willingness to sign a temporary ceasefire with Russia suggests he's learned to play Trump's game
By global affairs editor John Lyons

 

As quickly as Ukraine's fortunes deteriorated after one brutal meeting in the White House, they have changed yet again.

Global politics have now become a day-by-day proposition.

Ukraine's reality reached a nadir two weeks ago after its President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting from hell with US President Donald Trump.

Zelenskyy stood up to Trump, occasionally talking over him and disputing much of what he was saying.

Then he took on Vice-President JD Vance, which made it worse.

Zelenskyy versus Trump and Vance was never going to end well for the Ukrainian leader.

He was on their home territory, speaking their language, and, most importantly, wanting more of their money.

Zelenskyy would have done well to have studied the meeting that French President Emmanuel Macron had with Trump a few days earlier.

Macron was no pushover — every so often he corrected some of Trump's comments.

But he did it with humour and charm.

Zelenskyy, whose motivations to defend the interests and survival of his country are not in doubt, played a bad game.

And he paid a significant price — US military aid was immediately cut, and soon after US military intelligence, vital for Ukraine on their dreadful battlefield.

That all gave Russia a major battlefield advantage.

But all that has changed.

How the ceasefire proposal puts pressure on Russia

Zelenskyy has learnt his lesson, and realised how to play the Trump White House.

He's also been dealing with one of the more traditional members of the Trump cabinet, Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Rubio has just met with senior Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, alongside National Security Adviser Mike Waltz in the port city of Jeddah.

Zelenskyy, however, steered clear of the meeting, instead meeting with Saudia Arabia's crown prince in the nation's capital of Riyadh mere hours earlier.

Clearly, Zelenskyy realised that Trump was favouring Russia's Vladimir Putin in discussions about the war and decided to change tack.

Whatever happened behind closed doors, Zelenskyy has regained momentum.

Following the meeting, Rubio announced that Ukraine had agreed to a ceasefire with Russia.

An immediate 30-day ceasefire to allow details to be worked out.

And the US resumed its military aid and intelligence access.

This was a huge change in Ukraine's position.

The acrimony in that famous White House meeting began when Zelenskyy insisted that ceasefires were not a real option because Russia never adheres to ceasefires and therefore can't be trusted.

As Rubio said later, "the ball is now in their court".

He made the point that he would now put the proposal to Russia, adding that "if they say no, then we'll unfortunately know what the impediment is to peace here".

Now Russia is under pressure. Will Russia blink? If Russia does not want to give up the advantage it has on the battlefield — will it bow to Washington's pressure.

Is Trump really a Russia whisperer?

Amid the chaos of the Trump White House, could the new president have stumbled across — or indeed planned — a master strategy: if Russia agrees to a permanent ceasefire, Trump will have brought an end to the Ukraine war.

If Russia agrees and then reneges, Trump will look bad and Zelenskyy will have been vindicated.

This is high-stakes geopolitics, with Trump right in the middle.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/ukraine-ceasefire-analysis/105040968

 

IF I AM ASTUTE, ON THE BALL AND RUSSIA IS SMART, JOHN LYONS IS W%$#@ING.... 

 

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE ODESSA, KHERSON AND KHARKIV.....

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

TRANSNISTRIA WILL BE PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

EASY.

 

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

 

READ FROM TOP.

 

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.