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Saturday, April 26, 2025
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Saturday, April 26, 2025
Russian army says Kursk region ‘fully liberated’ from Ukraine
The Russian army has fully liberated the Kursk region from the control of Ukraine’s forces, Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov tells Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
“Today, the last settlement in the Kursk region, the village of Gornal, has been liberated from Ukrainian forces,” Gerasimov says during a video conference meeting with Putin.
Putin says in footage published by the Kremlin that Ukraine’s offensive completely failed. This, he says, will lay the ground for future successes for the Russian army.
Ukraine had held the region since a surprise offensive in August 2024.
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