Russia has announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after losing chunks of the border territory to a surprise Ukrainian incursion.

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces ...

The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.

"The statements by representatives of (Russia) about the alleged end of combat operations in Kursk Oblast do not reflect the actual situation," Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement.

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You can get in touch with John by emailing j.feng@newsweek.com Ukraine has launched a surprise new cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region, with battlefield maps showing reported advances.

On Wednesday, it published a map suggesting Ukrainian troops ... in the Sumy border region. On a visit to Russian military headquarters in Kursk last month, Putin set the task of carving a ...