Moscow, March 12 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting at a command post of the Kursk group of forces, state agency TASS reported, citing Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

Notably, Kursk is the only Russian province, where Ukraine has been able to gain some control, during the course of this ongoing war.

As the fighting rages, Russian forces entered the Sumy Region in certain areas of the Kursk region, Army General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and first deputy defense minister, reported to President Vladimir Putin, as reported by state agency TASS.

Gerasimov said that about 430 Ukrainian servicemen were captured in the Kursk Region.

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