“The systematic destruction is underway,” said Gerasimov.
Putin said that Russia should treat Ukrainian soldiers as prisoners in the Kursk region as terrorists.
“People who are in the Kursk region who are crimes against citizens here, who oppose our forces, law enforcement agencies and special services, … are the people we should definitely treat as terrorists,” said Putin, adding that Russia does not intend to expand the Geneeva conventions to the outside of Ukrain.
American envoy on their way to Moscow
On Thursday, the White House said that Waltz had spoken with his Russian counterpart.
Trump said that “devastating” sanctions were possible if Russia refused a deal, but added: “I hope that is not necessary.”
‘None of us trusts the Russians’
“I have often emphasized this, none of us trust the Russians,” he said.
Russia has also recovered the territory in the West -Kursk region and pushes Ukrainian troops back that organized a shock offensive last August.
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