PUTIN VISITS KURSK NUCLEAR PLANT -Accompanied by Kremlin’s first deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kiriyenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the western Kursk region for the first time since Russian forces ejected Ukrainian troops from the area last month.
The Kremlin said that during the visit, Putin met volunteer organizations in the region and visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant.
State television showed Putin meeting volunteers and local officials in the region including acting governor Alexander Khinshtein. Putin was accompanied by Sergei Kiriyenko, Kremlin first deputy chief of staff.
Russia said in late April that it had ejected Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region, ending the biggest incursion into Russian territory.
