乌克兰武装部队总参谋部否认俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周六声称俄罗斯军队已经完全夺回库尔斯克地区乌克兰去年在那里发动了一场攻势。
在普京发表声明后，乌克兰军方表示，他们的行动“在库尔斯克地区的某些地区仍在继续。”
乌克兰的声明称，局势“困难”，但“我们的部队继续坚守阵地。”声明称，普京的声明“只不过是一种宣传策略”。
乌克兰表示，在俄罗斯别尔哥罗德地区的某些地区仍有现役部队。
在周六的一份视频声明中，普京声称俄罗斯军队已经夺回了乌克兰东北部的库尔斯克，乌克兰军队曾在那里驻扎发起进攻并成功守住了2024年夏天以来的地盘。
普京向军事人员表示祝贺，并称乌克兰的攻势“已经完全失败”。
自乌克兰军队在8月份的一次大胆进攻中夺取了边境地区的大片土地以来，莫斯科方面一直试图将乌克兰军队赶出库尔斯克，这是自2022年全面入侵乌克兰以来，基辅军队首次夺取并占据大量俄罗斯领土。
在过去几个月里，俄罗斯军队在朝鲜军队的支持下，一直在缓慢地试图收复该地区的土地。
与此同时，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普批评了俄罗斯最近在乌克兰的袭击，周六在他的社交媒体平台上表示，普京可能不想停止乌克兰的战争。
特朗普说:“尽管如此，普京没有理由在过去几天向平民区、城市和城镇发射导弹。”
Ukraine denies Putin's claim that Russian forces regained Kursk
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim Saturday that Russian forces had fully retakenthe Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an offensive last year.
In a statement after Putin made the announcement, the Ukrainian military says their operation "in certain areas in the Kursk region continues."
The statement by Ukraine says the situation is "difficult" but that "our units continue to hold certain positions." Putin's announcement is "nothing more than a propaganda ploy," the statement said.
Ukraine said it also still has active troops in certain areas of the Belgorod region of Russia.
In a video statement Saturday, Putin claimed that Russian forces have retaken all of Kursk, the Russian region northeast of Ukraine where Ukrainian forces hadlaunched an offensiveand managed to hold territory since the summer of 2024.
Putin congratulated military personnel and said Ukraine's offensive "has completely failed."
Moscow had been trying to push Ukrainian forces out of Kursk since they seized a chunk of the border region in a daring August offensive, marking the first time that Kyiv's forces had seized and held significant Russian territory since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
Russian forces, supported by North Korean troops, had been slowly trying to reclaim ground in the region over the past several months.
U.S. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, criticized the recent attacks by Russia in Ukraine, suggesting on his social media platform Saturday that Putin may not want to stop the war in Ukraine.
"With all of that being said, there was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days," Trump said.
