Post #2223

🎙Statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Pyotr Mandryk Central Military Clinical Hospital(Moscow, October 29, 2025) 💬President Putin: The situation in general in the zone of the special military operation is developing favorably for us. In two locations – the cities of Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeisk – the enemy has been encircled and blocked. The commanders of the respective groupings have no objections to allowing media representatives – foreign journalists as well as Ukrainian ones – to enter the encircled areas so that they can see with their own eyes what is happening there. They could see the condition of the surrounded Ukrainian troops, which might prompt the political leadership of Ukraine to take the necessary decisions concerning the fate of its citizens and servicemen. ❗️Just as they once did in “Azovstal”, such an opportunity will be available to them. Our only concern is to avoid any provocations from the Ukrainian side. We are ready to cease hostilities for a certain period – for a few hours, two, three or six hours – so that groups of journalists can enter these settlements, see what is happening there, talk to the Ukrainian servicemen and then leave. We are ready to guide them to specific points where they can be met by Ukrainian servicemen from the other side. What matters most is to avoid provocations from the Ukrainian side – for example, so that no drone flies in, no journalist is harmed, and nobody then tries to pin the incident on us. We do not need that. On the contrary, we are ready to do everything exactly as I have just described. The only question is whether the Ukrainian side is ready for this. <...> Read in full