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During the visit, Putin met volunteer organisations in the region and visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kursk for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the region. (Image: AP/File)
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the western Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the region following a surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces last year.
During the visit, Putin met volunteer organisations in the region and visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant, the Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday.
State television showed Putin meeting volunteers and local officials in the region including acting governor Alexander Khinshtein. Putin was accompanied by Sergei Kiriyenko, Kremlin first deputy chief of staff.
Russia said in late April that it had ejected Ukrainian troops from Kursk region, ending the biggest incursion into Russian territory since World War Two.
Just over two years after Russia’s 2022 invasion, Ukraine on Aug. 6 launched its boldest attack, smashing through the Russian border into the Kursk region, supported by swarms of drones and heavy Western weaponry.
At its height, Ukrainian forces claimed nearly 1,400 square kilometres of Kursk.
(With agency inputs)
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