Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared in military fatigues as he visited soldiers on Wednesday in the Kursk region, which Russia is currently retaking from Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine seized the Kursk region of Russia in August, marking a surprise counteroffensive that could have given Ukraine a bargaining chip in negotiations, according to a report from Reuters.
Yet Ukraine has progressively lost control of the area over the past seven months, having its main supply lines severed in the last week.
Ukraine therefore had to surrender control of the town of Sudzha as forces fell back.
Russia has regained 86% of the territory in Kursk that was taken by Ukraine, Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia’s General Staff, told Putin during the visit.
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