Russian media report that Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has visited a command submit in Kursk Oblast for the primary time because the begin of the Ukrainian forces' operation within the oblast.
Supply: Kremlin-aligned media outlet TASS; Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza
Particulars: Putin ordered Russian forces to drive out Ukrainian troops from the oblast as quickly as attainable. Russian forces supposedly regained management over 86% of the territory seized by Ukraine.
The Russian Common Employees additionally claims that its troops have entered Sumy Oblast in some areas.
Putin acknowledged that Ukrainian troopers captured in Kursk Oblast "will likely be handled as terrorists".
Russian media additionally be aware that, for the primary time because the starting of the Russo-Ukrainian battle, Putin wore camouflage throughout this go to. Beforehand, he had all the time appeared in fits when assembly with the army personnel.
Background: In the meantime, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that intense preventing continues within the operational zone of the Kursk army grouping, significantly within the outskirts of the city of Sudzha and surrounding areas. He acknowledged that Ukraine’s defence forces will maintain their positions in Kursk Oblast "for so long as it stays cheap and obligatory" and that troops manoeuvre to extra advantageous positions when their lives are in danger.
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