Russia Claims Full Control of Kursk Region from Ukraine
Russian soldiers ride atop a military vehicle in the Sudzha district of the Kursk region on March 18.
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Russia claims it has completed its efforts to remove Ukrainian forces from the Kursk Region, indicating that Ukraine may have lost an important bargaining chip with Moscow after seven months of holding Russian territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the army on Saturday in a video address shown by state media following a report from Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov. Ukraine’s pullout from Kursk region opens the way for further Russian advances, Putin said.