PUTIN VISITS KURSK IN MILITARY UNIFORM

PUTIN VISITS KURSK IN MILITARY UNIFORM

President VladimirPutin has visited the western Russian region of Kursk for the first time since Ukrainian forces seized some territory in the region.

Appearing on Russian state television dressed in a pixilated military uniform, Putin visited a control centre in Kursk region used by Russian troops.

Putin said Russian forces should completely liberate the region from the Ukrainian troops as soon as possible, the news agencies reported.

Putin said Russia should treat Ukrainian soldiers captured as prisoners of war in Kursk Region as terrorists.