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CNN
21-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Putin makes first visit to Kursk since Russia claimed to have recaptured the region
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kursk for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the region following a surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces last year, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday. Putin met with municipal leaders in the city of Kurchatov and visited the Kursk nuclear power plant, which is currently under construction, the Kremlin said, according to TASS. Video footage posted by Russian state media showed Putin dressed in a suit speaking with what appeared to be local volunteers. The news agency did not report when the visit took place. Last August Ukraine launched a shock incursion into Kursk, swiftly capturing territory in what was the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II. Since then, Russia, with support from North Korean soldiers, has been fighting to oust Ukraine's forces from its borders, while Kyiv poured precious resources into holding onto its territory there, with the view of using it as a key bargaining chip in any peace talks. Putin claimed last month that Russian forces had recaptured Kursk and said North Korean soldiers took part in the fighting to recover territory in the region. Kyiv has insisted its troops are fiercely battling to preserve their foothold in the territory. Last week Ukraine said it is still pursuing the ground war inside Russia. 'We are continuing our active operations in the Kursk and Belgorod regions – we are proactively defending Ukraine's border areas,' President Zelensky said in his nightly address last Wednesday.
CNN
21-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Putin makes first visit to Kursk since Russia claimed to have recaptured the region
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kursk for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the region following a surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces last year, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday. Putin met with municipal leaders in the city of Kurchatov and visited the Kursk nuclear power plant, which is currently under construction, the Kremlin said, according to TASS. Video footage posted by Russian state media showed Putin dressed in a suit speaking with what appeared to be local volunteers. The news agency did not report when the visit took place. Last August Ukraine launched a shock incursion into Kursk, swiftly capturing territory in what was the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II. Since then, Russia, with support from North Korean soldiers, has been fighting to oust Ukraine's forces from its borders, while Kyiv poured precious resources into holding onto its territory there, with the view of using it as a key bargaining chip in any peace talks. Putin claimed last month that Russian forces had recaptured Kursk and said North Korean soldiers took part in the fighting to recover territory in the region. Kyiv has insisted its troops are fiercely battling to preserve their foothold in the territory. Last week Ukraine said it is still pursuing the ground war inside Russia. 'We are continuing our active operations in the Kursk and Belgorod regions – we are proactively defending Ukraine's border areas,' President Zelensky said in his nightly address last Wednesday.
CNN
21-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Putin makes first visit to Kursk since Russia claimed to have recaptured the region
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kursk for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the region following a surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces last year, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday. Putin met with municipal leaders in the city of Kurchatov and visited the Kursk nuclear power plant, which is currently under construction, the Kremlin said, according to TASS. Video footage posted by Russian state media showed Putin dressed in a suit speaking with what appeared to be local volunteers. The news agency did not report when the visit took place. Last August Ukraine launched a shock incursion into Kursk, swiftly capturing territory in what was the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II. Since then, Russia, with support from North Korean soldiers, has been fighting to oust Ukraine's forces from its borders, while Kyiv poured precious resources into holding onto its territory there, with the view of using it as a key bargaining chip in any peace talks. Putin claimed last month that Russian forces had recaptured Kursk and said North Korean soldiers took part in the fighting to recover territory in the region. Kyiv has insisted its troops are fiercely battling to preserve their foothold in the territory. Last week Ukraine said it is still pursuing the ground war inside Russia. 'We are continuing our active operations in the Kursk and Belgorod regions – we are proactively defending Ukraine's border areas,' President Zelensky said in his nightly address last Wednesday.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia Releases Videos Hailing North Korea Troops
The release of the videos follows Pyongyang's recent admission that North Korean soldiers were fighting for Russia in the war with Ukraine. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Kim Jong Un says North Korea's involvement in Russia's war 'part of sacred mission'
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un called the soldiers who fought alongside the Russian military in Russia's Kursk Oblast "heroes" and "representatives of the nation's honor," North Korean state media reported on May 10."Our involvement in the war was justifiable, and this belongs to our sovereign rights," Kim said. "I regard this as part of the sacred mission we must execute for our brothers and comrades-in-arms." Kim also declared that if the "henchmen of the United States and the West, with their tacky, defective munitions, attempt another assault on the Russian Federation," then North Korea "will unhesitatingly issue an order on using the armed forces of the DPRK in repelling the enemy's invasion." The North Korean dictator also went on to claim that Russia "serves as a spiritual model" for North Korea and that it is a country of "the last people to tolerate injustice." North Korea only publicly admitted its involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine in late April, although they first dispatched around 11,000 troops to aid Russia in the fall of 2024. An additional 3,000 troops were reportedly sent earlier this year after Kyiv reported that more than a third of North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured in combat. Kim has been one of the key allies of Russia during its full-scale war against Ukraine, providing not only soldiers but also artillery shells, ballistic missiles, and other supplies. Russian President Vladimir Putin personally greeted North Korean soldiers after the so-called Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9, although Kim was not among the foreign leaders in attendance. Read also: What's next for North Korean troops fighting for Russia? A possible Ukraine deployment, experts, officials say We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
