MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has visited the western Russian region of Kursk for the first time since Ukrainian forces seized some territory in the region, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.
Putin visited a control center used by Russian forces and heard a report from Valery Gerasimov, head of the Russian General Staff, who told him that Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region were now surrounded.
Putin said Russian forces should completely liberate the region from the Ukrainian troops as soon as possible, the news agencies reported.
He was shown on Russian television visiting the troops involved in the counteroffensive in the Kursk region.
Putin was shown seated wearing a camouflage-print shirt in a room listening to a report by Gerasimov. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies that Putin had visited one of the command points for the Kursk group of troops.
Putin visits Kursk region for first time since Ukraine attacked it
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