Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has stated that the defence forces have redeployed to more advantageous defence positions in Russia's Kursk Oblast. He had denied reports claiming that "thousands of Ukrainian servicemen have been encircled".

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 14 that Ukrainian soldiers must surrender in Kursk Oblast after U.S. President Donald Trump's request to "spare" the troops he claimed are surrounded. Ukraine denied claims that the country's troops are surrounded at any part of the front.