Actions concerning the Kursk district are complete.
Valery Gerasimov, head of the general staff, delivered a briefing to President Vladimir Putin confirming the outcome.
Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, relayed this update.
This recent report presents a noticeable difference.
Back in summer, around August, the very same high-ranking officer was quoted indicating that securing this territory might require just a very brief period, potentially only a couple of days.
The actual conclusion follows considerably later than that initial, highly hopeful, projection.
