Ukrainian NSDC denies media reports of command to hold Kursk until Trump's inauguration
Ukrainian military in the Kursk region (Illustrative photo: Getty Images)
Ukrainian military forces have not received orders to hold territory in Russia's Kursk region until the inauguration of the new US president, Donald Trump, scheduled for January 2025. This follows a report by the British outlet BBC claiming such an order had been issued, states Andrii Kovalенко, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).
"No orders to hold Kursk until Trump's inauguration to swap it later were given to the Ukrainian Armed Forces," he emphasized.
Kovalенко also stated that the information circulating in the media is not true.
The head of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) explained that Ukraine's defense and security forces in the Kursk region are carrying out specific combat tasks directly related to the overall situation on the front.
"These tasks also impact the situation in several other directions, including the number of Russian soldiers in those areas," he said.
Kovalенко added that there is no point in separately explaining that such orders could not possibly be given in the army.
What preceded this
Yesterday, BBC published an article claiming that Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were allegedly ordered to hold positions in the Kursk region until the inauguration of newly elected US President Donald Trump.
The British outlet's news report cited unnamed Ukrainian soldiers who reportedly shared this information with the journalists.
The BBC article also suggested that, according to Ukrainian servicemen, there was an order to maintain control over territories in Kursk until Trump returns to the White House, with the potential goal of exchanging the territory afterward.
