Russian President Putin Says They Will
Spare Ukrainian Soldiers in Kursk if They
Lay Down Their Arms and Surrender
Posted By: earlybird, 3/15/2025 9:25:42 AM
Why isn’t Volodymyr Zelenskyy the one asking for mercy? That’s the larger, unspoken message from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking directly to President Donald Trump’s request for Russia to spare the lives of Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in the Kursk region, President Vladimir Putin says they will be spared if they lay down their arms and surrender. Notice how Putin draws a distinction (snip), “we are sympathetic to President Trump's call to be guided by humanitarian considerations,” and then Putin shifts the emphasis on the absence of this plea from bloodthirsty Zelenskyy. “There must be an appropriate order from the military and political leadership of Ukraine to its troops
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