INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukrainian forces following months of cross-border fighting.The Kremlin released a video early Wednesday of Putin meeting with local
visit took place.During the visit, the Russian president accused Ukrainian forces of destroying Soviet World War II memorials in the region,
that state compensation for residents unable to return home due to the damage caused by Ukrainian shelling should remain at the current
after Ukrainian troops launched a surprise incursion in early August
Some displaced residents have since staged protests over poor living conditions and what they describe as inadequate government support and
compensation.Putin also visited the city of Kurchatov, home to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
Kremlin footage showed the president wearing a hard hat and touring the nuclear facility alongside Deputy Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei
Some state media reported that six drones were downed over Kursk during his visit, though the Kremlin did not confirm the timing.
