Russian forces are advancing on all fronts in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today during his visit to the Central Military Hospital "P. V. Mandryka" in Moscow, where he met with wounded servicemen, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
During his visit, the Russian leader also announced the successful test of the unmanned underwater nuclear supertorpedo "Poseidon".
"All Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine. "Now we are guaranteeing ourselves long-term security," Putin said.
According to him, in Kupyansk and Pokrovsk the enemy is "blocked and surrounded".
"The situation in the zone of the special military operation is shaping up favorably for us. In two places - in the city of Kupyansk and the city of Krasnoarmeysk (Putin used the old name of Pokrovsk - ed. note) the enemy has found itself blocked, surrounded", the Russian leader said, quoted by TASS.
"Russia is ready to provide journalists with access to the blocked Ukrainian servicemen. "The political leadership of Ukraine must make decisions regarding the fate of its fellow citizens who are blocked," he noted, adding that Russia is concerned about provocations by Kiev during the stay of journalists in the zone of the encircled Ukrainian units, TASS reported.
"We are ready for the sake of journalists to stop hostilities for a certain time - for two, three, six hours", Putin said.
The Russian president told servicemen in the hospital that all Russian fighters "are behaving heroically".