Flash Traffic on Intel Circuits reports there are 4,700 to 6,300 Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters surrounded in the Kursk region. They have no way out. Only a breakthrough might save some of them; maybe 15-20% of the total.
The way the Russians structured the encirclement, there is no way to unblock and get out, either. The only choice Ukraine has for those troops is surrender or die.
The Russian electronic warfare system has turned off the Ukrainian Armed Forces' communications. Starlinks have not been working in or around Kursk, since Monday.
Separate groups (they are fighting with small BTRGs) have independently, without regard for Ukraine Army Commander-in-Chief Syrsky, have begun negotiations on surrendering and taking out the wounded in exchange for life, and will also give to Russia "new types of weapons supplied by the US and France."
They are ready to give up new types of UAVs, a satellite encryption system, electronic warfare, and some armored vehicles.
More than a thousand fighters are ready to surrender right now.
There are still at least 230 seriously wounded who need emergency care.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces command went off the air early in the morning of 07.03.2025 In essence, they abandoned the troops.
Russia has replied that there will be no concessions for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. Anyone who does not surrender at dawn on 08.03.2025 (That's tomorrow, Saturday) will be destroyed by all types of KABs by the night of the next day.
