You and I know that Putin isn't going to settle any sort of negotiation with the green t-shirt until he kicks out each and every able-bodied Ukie from Kursk. And what do the Bonzo Brigades from Zoolinsky, NATO, the EU, and Washington conclude from that fact? That Russia is struggling to rid Kursk from the green t-shirt's pussy boys. But .... oh no!
Putin is purposely holding the Ukies hostages (
in principle), waiting to expel them from Kursk lickety-split as soon as Putin has achieved his goals, thereby getting "his way" (dictating the Ukrainian frontier & guarantees of no NATO membership) without a single Ukie left in Kursk for Zoolinsky to barter with. I'm telling you, Vlado knows exactly what he is doing.