"In connection with the completion of the operation to liberate the Kursk region, Russian President Vladimir Putin summoned the group commander and the commanders of the units that distinguished themselves most during this operation".
This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
„Putin congratulated them on the victory and thanked them for their heroic work“, Peskov said.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army, General Valery Gerasimov, reported to Putin yesterday that Russian forces have regained full control over the Kursk region.
In August last year, Ukrainian troops invaded the border region with Ukraine and seized territories there.
"The Chief of the "The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov reported to Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin on the completion of the operation to liberate the Kursk region," Peskov said. "Today /b.r.- Saturday/ the last settlement on the territory of the Kursk region - the village of Gormal, was liberated by the Ukrainian units located there," Gerasimov told Putin during a meeting held via videoconference.
"The Kiev regime's adventure has completely failed, and it has suffered huge losses," Putin said yesterday, quoted by TASS, Agence France-Presse and BTA.
Gerasimov highlighted to Putin the contribution of North Korean servicemen to the success of the operation in the Kursk region, Reuters pointed out. He praised the courage and heroism of North Korean fighters in fully regaining control of Russia's Kursk region.
"The soldiers and officers of the North Korean army, who fought alongside the Russian military, demonstrated great professionalism, resilience, courage and heroism in repelling the Ukrainian invasion," Gerasimov told Putin. He also reported to Putin that fighters from the Russian military unit “North“ had completed the liquidation of sabotage groups in the area of the village of Popovka in Russia's Belgorod region, Reuters and TASS reported.