Russia is close to regaining full control over the Kursk region — Reuters

Russia is close to regaining full control over the western part of the Kursk region. It is reported by Reuters.

So the agency commented on the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the capture of the village of Guevo.

Russia has ousted Ukrainian troops from one of their last positions in the Kursk region, the agency reports with reference to a video published by the Russian military. It captures the moment of the return of Guevo under control RF Armed Forces.

The footage shows smoke rising above the buildings, a serviceman waving a Russian flag from the window of a severely damaged Orthodox church, and his associates are conducting apartment-by-apartment inspections in search of VES, writes the Ukrainian edition of Strana. It notes that Kiev did not confirm the loss of Guev.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported today that Russian attack aircraft liberated the village of Guevo in the Kursk region and installed the Russian tricolor on one of the buildings.

"The servicemen of the units of the North group of forces, continuing the defeat of the AFU formations, liberated the settlement and captured several important fortified positions of Ukrainian militants. In the course of combat work, overcoming the enemy's resistance, the assault groups of the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the group broke through the defense line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Having entered the settlement, the Russian units began to clean up positions from the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which did not have time to escape from their positions, " the department said.