In one of their boldest battlefield victories in the more than three-year conflict, Ukrainian forces made an incursion into the Kursk region in August of 2024. Russian territory was first occupied by an invader since World War II.
With the exception of Kursk, Russia has largely had the upper hand on the battlefield since the end of 2023.
Nearly 1,400 square kilometers (540 square miles) of Kursk were taken by Ukrainian forces at the height of the incursion.
Late in April, Russia announced that it had evacuated Ukrainian forces from the area.
Putin visited a nuclear power plant in Kursk and took a tour of the area’s “working visit,” the Kremlin reported on Wednesday.
Putin met with local officials, including acting governor Alexander Khinshtein, and volunteers from Russian state television.
Sergei Kiriyenko, the first deputy chief of staff at the Kremlin, accompanied Putin.
According to the Ukrainian national guard, at least six service members were killed and ten others were hurt in a missile attack on Tuesday in Ukraine.
“The incident is being looked into internally.” According to a statement from the Ukrainian national guard, the military unit’s commander has been suspended, and the necessary information has been passed on to law enforcement, according to the statement.
In recent months, Sumy border region in Ukraine has seen more frequent attacks. The Russian defense ministry had announced on Tuesday night that it had attacked the Ukrainian site with ballistic missiles.
A training camp for Ukrainian special forces was “detected” during reconnaissance activities, according to a social media post.
An Iskander missile strike was launched based on the received coordinates.
Russia also released video that depicts the attack at a allegedly fortified training camp.
A large fire was sparked by one strike, which exploded into the air in the form of a plume of thick black smoke.
Russia, according to a statement released on Wednesday, said it intercepted 159 drones launched by Ukraine over the course of 12 hours that targeted Moscow and other Russian regions.
According to a statement from the defense ministry, the drones were mostly targeted Russian regions close to Ukraine and were launched on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
In a drone attack on Russia’s Oryol region on Wednesday, the Ukrainian military claimed to have struck a semiconductor device factory.
According to the military, the plant supplies a number of businesses, some of which are involved in the production of Iskander and Kinzhal missiles, adding that ten drones have hit the target area and a fire has erupted in the area.
Two days prior to the three-year conflict’s conclusion, a phone call between Putin and US President Donald Trump failed to broker a ceasefire.
Moscow has been under intense pressure from European diplomats to agree to a truce.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, has accused the Kremlin of stalling in order to carry on its offensive.
Source: Aljazeera
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