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During the visit, Putin met volunteer organisations in the region and visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kursk for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the region. (Image: AP/File)
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the western Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the region following a surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces last year.
During the visit, Putin met volunteer organisations in the region and visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant, the Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday. Putin was accompanied by Sergei Kiriyenko, Kremlin first deputy chief of staff.
Earlier in April, Russia stated that it had ejected Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region, ending the biggest incursion into the Russian territory since World War II.
Just over two years after Russia’s 2022 invasion, Ukraine on August 6 launched its boldest attack, smashing through the Russian border into the Kursk region, supported by swarms of drones and heavy Western weaponry.
At its height, Ukrainian forces claimed nearly 1,400 square kilometres of Kursk.
(With agency inputs)
Location :Russia
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