Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed that groups of Ukrainian soldiers are still present in the Kursk region, reports the Russian publication RBC. The acting commander of the 810th Marine Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet,

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim over the weekend that Russian forces had fully retaken the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an offensive last year.

The Kremlin has claimed that all Ukrainian troops have been pushed out of Russia’s Kursk region and for the first time confirmed the role of North Korean soldiers in the fighting. Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov reported on Saturday to President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine’s forces inside Kursk had been repelled,