All Ukrainian troops have been forced from Russia’s Kursk region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff for Russia’s Armed Forces, gave Russian President Vladimir Putin the news in a meeting Saturday,

Russia has regained control of Kursk, the border region where Ukraine launched a surprise offensive last year, President Vladimir Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his troops have regained control of Kursk, the border region overtaken in a surprise incursion by Ukraine last year, a claim which Kyiv has denied. “The Kyiv regime’s adventure has completely failed,