Russian President Vladimir Putin met with visiting Belarusian President Lukashenko on March 13. At the press conference held after the meeting, when talking about the war in Russia's Kursk region, Putin said, “The Ukrainian army invading Kursk has been completely divided. The Ukrainian army can no longer retreat from Kursk on a large scale. Currently, they can only retreat in small groups of 2-3 people. All that awaits them is to surrender or be destroyed.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with visiting Belarusian President Lukashenko on March 13. At the press conference held after the meeting, when talking about the war in Russia's Kursk region, Putin said, “The Ukrainian army invading Kursk has been completely divided. The Ukrainian army can no longer retreat from Kursk on a large scale. Currently, they can only retreat in small groups of 2-3 people. All that awaits them is to surrender or be destroyed.”