VLADIMIR Putin has visited the Kursk region for the first time since his troops prised their land back from Ukraine in a long and costly face-saving mission.

Zelensky's forces bravely booted Moscow's troops out of the Russian territory last summer , playing Putin at his own game.

Russia had to fight tooth-and-nail for months to reclaim the land, with Putin three weeks ago declaring it back in Russian hands - ending the largest incursion into his country since WW2.

Vlad met with volunteer organisations on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, and marched around a nuclear power plant wearing a silly white helmet.

He also said the Kremlin supported the idea of continuing monthly payments to displaced Russian families that still could not return to their homes .

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