What's behind Putin's first visit to Kursk since Ukraine's incursion into the region? | DW News

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited a military command center in Russia's Kursk region. Putin threatened to treat Ukrainian soldiers captured there as "terrorists." He also expressed hope his troops were close to "fully liberating the land occupied by Ukraine." The remarks come ahead of a special US envoy visit to Moscow.

Chapter Breakdown
0:00 Russian President Putin visits military command centre in Kursk
2:41 Konstantin Eggert, DW's Russia Analyst in Vilnius, on the timing of Putin's visit
6:56 Brian Whitmore, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the think tank the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, on Trump's strategy regarding the Ukraine-Russia war


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