Russian President Vladimir Putin was pictured in military fatigues for the first time since the invasion began after he visited the Kursk region of western Russia, where Ukrainian forces had seized te

Vladimir Putin is facing a “dilemma” over whether to accept a ceasefire plan drawn up by the US and Ukraine, says one of the president’s former advisers. Putin has previously spoken out against a ceasefire,

Kremlin forces have retaken the largest town in the Kursk region and expect roll back all Ukrainian gains in the area, the Russian defense ministry said.

Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia's Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin's response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year war that Ukraine has endorsed.

The American visit comes as President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's Kursk region - parts of which have been under Ukraine's control since an incursion last year. Russian TV aired footage of Putin meeting military commanders, who told him Russian troops had recaptured 86% of the area from Ukraine.