Putin calls on Ukrainian troops in Kursk to surrender, as Zelensky asks US to put pressure on Russia

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for Ukrainian troops to surrender in the Russian region, as the diplomatic behind Ukraine continues on the US broker on the ceasefire.

At a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council on Friday, Putin accused the Ukrainian troops of Ukrainian troops to commit crimes against civilians, but US President Donald Trump’s desire to save the lives of the Russian forces and the Russian forces will be killed.

He also said that his country was working to restore relations with the United States, after which he was practically reduced to zero, destroyed by the previous US administration. “

“Overall, the situation is starting to move,” he said of a relationship with the Trump administration. “Let’s see what comes out of it.”

Along with Kiev, his only regional bargaining chip is losing his grip, many people believe that Putin is delaying talks on the US Ukraine Seas Fire proposal until the Russian control is returned. Earlier this week, Ukrainian officials accepted the US proposal for a 30 -day ceasefire after talking to US counterparts in Saudi Arabia.

Putin’s remarks came on Thursday after meeting with US Special Envoy Steve Watkov in Moscow. The visit was given to the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that “cautiously the reason for being hopeful”. Earlier, Trump had hit a similar note, which described the debates in a post on the truth socially “good and fruitful”, adding that “it is a great opportunity that this horrible, bloody war can eventually end.”

Trump also said that he had “strictly applied” to save the lives of Ukrainian troops in Putin.

“We understand that President Trump understands the demand for guidance through humanitarian reservations in relation to these servants,” Putin said on Friday. “In this regard, I want to emphasize that if they lay their arms and surrender, their lives and decent behavior will be guaranteed according to the laws of the International Law and the Russian Federation.”

He added that the Ukrainian army must first order the soldiers to surrender in the cross, however, he added.

In February, Ukraine’s United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission said it was panicked that dozens of Ukrainian troops extradited from Russia had been “from the end of August 2024”.Shot dead on the spot.

“All allegations and public statements of the execution of the arrested Ukrainian military personnel have been demanded, or are being condoled, or are being condoled,” said Daniel Bell, the head of the mission at the moment, said Daniel Bell, the head of the mission.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zelannsky on Friday expressed skepticism about Putin’s objectives and urged the United States to “take strong steps” to put Russia to pressure Russia to end its war against Kiev.

In a series of Posts on xThe Ukrainian leader said, “His country wants peace, writing,” From the first minutes of this war, we wanted only one thing – Russia should leave our people calmly and get the Russian occupation out of our land. ”

“Every day of war means losing the lives of our people – we have the most valuable thing,” he said.

Zlinski also accused Putin of sabotaging peace talks and trying to lie about the “real situation” on the battlefield. On Thursday, the Russian leader proposed several conditions for the war, including that anyone signed an agreement on what he sees as the “main reasons” of the Kremlin conflict.

Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014 and launched a full -scale attack in 2022. At this time, Putin demanded that Ukraine will never be allowed to go to NATO, and that the block overtakes its military image in East and Central Europe-which the United States and its allies dismissed as a non-starting, and condemned the attack, occupying a blessing.

“Putin can’t get out of this war because he can’t leave anything,” Zillsky said. “That is why he is now doing everything possible to sabotage diplomacy by setting a very difficult and unacceptable situation from the beginning before the ceasefire.”

Zlinski said he “strictly emphasizes” that Russia, especially the United States, take steps to help end the war.

“Pressure should apply to a person who does not want to stop the war. Russia must put pressure. Only decisive measures can end the war, which has been going on for years.

Ukrainian leaders are expected to attend a virtual meeting with European and NATO leaders in support of Ukraine on Saturday, hosted by British Prime Minister Kerry Star.