The Russian soldiers have seized Western tanks and armored vehicles in the Kursk region as trophies after Ukrainian troops were forced to withdraw under heavy fire of drones and artillery.
A whole series of videos shared on the Messaging app telegram showed Russian troops that seemed to be a few of a few of the American Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) (IFVs) on the back of Haulage Lorries.
Elsewhere, war bloggers and reporters from the Russian Ria news service A unit of troops that had the task of evacuating what a Stryker Armored Fighting Vehicle (AD) seemed to be from the scene of a recent battle in Kursk.
As horrible images came to the fore with roads and fields strewn with the bodies of Ukrainian troops that were slaughtered when they tried to flee the Russian attack.
The R200 Highway – the main route from the most important city of Sudzha to the Ukrainian border – is among almost two weeks under almost constant bombing and is now described as the 'Road of Death' because of Ukrainian losses there.
The armed forces of Ukraine launched a dramatic invasion across the border to the Russian Kursk region in August 2024 and managed to hold a considerable amount of territory earlier this year.
It was seen as an important negotiating vessel prior to Stakten -furen Negotiations, but in recent weeks the troops of Russia surrounded the Ukrainian positions and caused a drastic refuge.
Now the army of Ukraine has almost been deported from the controversial region and an important lifting tree point has lost, just as Donald Trump is preparing to share a phone call with its opposite song in Moscow this afternoon.
The Kremlin said that the call between the US President and Vladimir Putin will take place “from 16:00 to 18:00 Moscow Time” (1300 to 1500 GMT), as spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the leaders will discuss of Ukraine and the “normalization” of American Russian ties.
Volodyymyr van Ukraine Zensky has warned that Putin does not want peace and tries to achieve a better position military in the fight.
Russian armed forces parade A few Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) made on the back of transport crawls
Bradley IFVs are seen Kursk on the back of Russian trucks
The aftermath of a Russian drone attack on a group of Ukrainians trying to evacuate their affected comrades on a stretcher
Ukrainians who survived Kursk's retreat spoke about hellish circumstances and constant bombing. The road from Kursk is littered with bodies
Now the army of Ukraine volunteers from the controversial region has been driven out and an important lifting tree point has lost, just as the American Donald Trump is preparing to share a phone call with its opposite song in Moscow, Vladimir Putin
Ukrainian soldiers who survived Kursk's retreat gave moving reports of the Russian Hellish Assault and described their withdrawal from Sudzha as a 'collapse'.
'(Troops) try to leave – columns of troops and equipment. Some of them are burned by Russian drones on the road. It is impossible to leave during the day, “a soldier told the BBC.
Another explained that Russian troops had succeeded in reducing the supply lines, so that Ukrainian troops had not isolated military or logistical support.
“Logistics no longer works – organized deliveries of weapons, ammunition, food and water are no longer possible,” said a man whose name was given as Anton.
“We died almost several times. Drones are always in the air. '
Other fighters compared the retreat with 'a horror film' with vehicles that explode all around them and comrades killed halfway through the evacuation.
'The roads are littered with hundreds of destroyed cars, armored vehicles and ATVs. There are many injured and death, “read one explanation.
Their accounts from the battlefield were supported by extensive images and images that were shared by Russian army units and war bloggers via the Telegram Messaging app, which documented the aftermath of the fighting as they shifted.
Fleeing Ukrainian troops were seen who were the target of the Russian First Person View (FPV) drones, their bodies torn apart by the explosions and left behind to rot in the mud.
Other images showed corpses dressed in Ukrainian army fatigue that lay next to the destroyed hulls of armored vehicles.
While Russian troops continue to force their enemies from Kursk, Putin is preparing to speak with his American counterpart.
Trump spoke with reporters on Air Force One yesterday, said that he would discuss issues of 'land' and 'power plants' with Putin – a likely reference to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant occupied by Moscow, Europe's largest that fell to Russia in the first days of his invasion.
He said that both parties had already discussed 'a lot' before the call and that he would speak with Putin about 'distributing certain assets'.
“We're going to have a very important call,” said Trump. “We are coming to a very critical phase.”
A Russian tank sees an armored vehicles away from the front lines in Kursk
Russian troops investigate an abandoned Stryker armored fighting vehicle in Kursk
Russian trucks evacuate the abandoned Ukrainian and American armor of the front lines
Russian drones hunted Ukrainian soldiers on the infamous R200 Highway of the war -torn country in a ruthless barrage of attacks
A Ukrainian soldier flee through the forest in the moments before he is hit by a Russian drone
Zelensky said during the weekend that any discussions about the territory division with Russia may only take place at the negotiating table after a cease -the fire has been implemented
The Trump government has made it clear that Ukraine will probably have to give up the territory as part of any permanent peace agreement, with European countries that ensure that KYIV will force an unfavorable agreement.
But Zelensky said during the weekend that all discussions about the department of the territory may only take place at the negotiating table after a cease -the fire has been implemented.
Last week, Ukraine accepted a 30-day cease-fire proposal explained by the US State Secretary Marco Rubio after discussions with Kyiv's diplomats in Saudi Arabia.
KYIV insisted this morning on Russia to accept it -to accept the fires to show that it is serious to put an end to the conflict before entering negotiations.
“It's time for Russia to show if it really wants peace,” said Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga.
“We expect the Russian side unconditionally to agree with this proposal.”
But Russia has constantly bombed Ukraine with rocket and drone attacks in recent days.
Putin said last week that he in principle agreed with the idea of ​​a ceasefish -but warned that he had 'serious questions' about how it would be implemented.
He stated that every Russia-Staken-Fires supported by Russia should lead to 'long-term peace and tackles the underlying causes of the crisis'.
Among the requirements of Putin are that Ukraine never becomes a member of NATO -Military Alliance, that European peace enforcers are not used on Ukrainian territory and that Moscow can keep all Ukrainian country that is currently occupying.
Russian troops have control over about one fifth of the total land mass of Ukraine.
