Putin instructs to mull creating security zone along Russian state border

The Russian army needs to defeat the Ukrainian army in the Kursk Region as soon as possible and establish a regional security zone, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the supreme commander-in-chief, said during a visit to a command post of Battlegroup Kursk, where he listened to a report by Army General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and first deputy defense minister, Report informs via TASS.

The Kursk Region needs to be fully liberated and the situation along the border needs to be restored, he noted.

"And, of course, we also need to think about creating a security zone along the state border in the future. I do expect that the combat tasks facing our forces will definitely be achieved and the Kursk Region will be fully liberated from the enemy in the near future."