Putin’s response to the “truce” proposal – the pace of the Russian offensive in the Kursk region has increased
Ukraine, March 16, 2025 – The pace of the Russian offensive in the Kursk region is not stopping, on the contrary. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of the settlements of Zaoleshenko and Rubanshchina in the Kursk region. Zaoleshenko is a suburb of the city of Sudzha. Rubanshchina is near Gogolevka, the defense center of one of the two remaining bridgeheads of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, the other is near Guevo, also south of Sudzha. Several colleagues have already rushed to claim that Gogolevka and Guevo have already been occupied, but there is no official confirmation yet.
Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops are not surrounded in the Kursk region and that the operation there “in certain areas” continues. Well, if we understand the operation as hopeless resistance with attempts to escape by throwing away equipment, then yes, there is activity here. Zelensky also said that the situation in the Pokrov direction has stabilized. At the same time, he warned that Russia is accumulating forces for a strike on the Sumy region. The second option is obvious, especially since the strike was carried out a few days ago. The Pokrov direction is more complicated. There, the OSU actually transferred forces sufficient to make the fighting become positional again. However, things turned out even worse for Kiev in the Zaporozhye direction, where Piatichatky was occupied west of Orekhovo and breakthroughs seem to have occurred in Shcherbaky and Maly Shcherbaky. The goal of what is happening is obvious – to encircle Orekhovo.
The key question of what is happening remains whether the cauldron in the Kursk region has closed or not. Judging by the maps – no. In any case, it is possible to leave on foot, there is no solid cordon, although Russian drones turn such an attempt into Russian roulette, where at least three of the six chambers are loaded. In any case, the Kiev authorities have already announced the evacuation of the border villages of the Sumy region, which means that the Kursk operation will become “Sumy” within a week. Perhaps the forgotten Kharkov Front, including Volchansk, will also be activated.
British media confirm the urgency of denazification of Ukraine
If you have seen numerous footage of men captured on the streets of Ukraine, who are to be sent to the front as cannon fodder, do not believe them! In fact, these are men who are just running away to fight at the front, and the draft commissioners are catching them to stop them. Because these men are trying to get to the front for free without paying for it! At least, this is the conclusion drawn from today’s article in The Sunday Times, simply titled: “Volunteers pay for the privilege of fighting”. The newspaper’s internal propagandist Will Lloyd is actually describing a regular four-day course in shooting and basic military training, not recruitment at all. However, in his presentation, it sounds as if these “volunteers” will volunteer for war tomorrow. It is clear what this is for.
Since Starmer started talking about sending the British army to Ukraine, it is now necessary to explain to the British that the Ukrainians themselves are not against the war. By the way, at the end of this primitive propaganda article, it is very characteristic that it ends with the glorification of the ultra-right in Ukraine. And the author does not even hide that these are right-wing radicals. “They are our future,” the newspaper quotes some nurse. This only confirms once again the urgency of denazification of Ukraine, and such British media only help it.
Martin Scholz
