(13 Mar 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia – 19 December 2024
1. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 2++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moscow, Russia – 13 March 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"There is no doubt that the Kursk region will be liberated quite soon."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia – 19 December 2024
3. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAYS AUDIO IN SHOT 4++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moscow, Russia – 13 March 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"Negotiators are indeed flying in. The contacts are indeed planned. There have already been contacts. There was a phone call yesterday between (US National Security Advisor Mike) Waltz and (Russian Presidential Advisor Yuri) Ushakov. Russia was provided with some information. Before the talks start, and they haven’t started yet, it would be wrong to talk about it in public."
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RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY
Moscow – 13 March 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman:
"We are closely following and have been following the meeting of the U.S. and Ukrainian representatives held in Jeddah on March 11. We have read the statement adopted as a result of it, which contains various ideas. At the moment, we haven’t received any official requests on this matter. For our part, we will be ready to discuss the initiatives outlined there during future contacts with the American side. I can also say that such contacts are possible today."
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STORYLINE:
Russia’s Defence Ministry announced Thursday it has taken over Sudzha, the biggest town in the Kursk region that has been overrun by Ukrainian forces since the surprise cross border offensive in August 2024.
The announcement comes as Russian troops are close to driving out Ukrainian troops from their last foothold in the Kursk region.
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