Putin visited the Kursk region for the first time since Russia said it expelled Ukrainian forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kursk portion for the archetypal clip since Russia said it expelled Ukrainian forces from the country successful April.

The Kremlin said Wednesday that Putin visited Kursk connected the borderline with Ukraine the time before.

Ukrainian forces made a surprise incursion into Kursk successful August 2024 successful the largest cross-border raid by Kyiv’s forces successful the astir 2 ½-year war, earlier being pushed retired by Russian troops 9 months later. Ukraine has not confirmed its expulsion from the area.

Putin visited Kursk Nuclear Power Plant-2, which is inactive nether construction, and spoke astatine a closed gathering with selected volunteers. He besides told acting Gov. Alexander Khinshtein that the Kremlin supported the thought of continuing monthly payments to displaced families that inactive could not instrumentality to their homes.

Disgruntled residents had antecedently shown their disapproval implicit a deficiency of compensation successful uncommon organized protests.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said its aerial defenses changeable down 159 Ukrainian drones crossed the state overnight, including 53 implicit the Oryol portion and 51 implicit the Bryansk region.

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