Russia and Ukraine dispute the status of the Kursk region, which Kyiv invaded last year in a surprise and successful incursion into Russian territory.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed on Saturday what he called the complete failure of an offensive by Ukrainian forces into Russia's Kursk region after they were expelled from the last village Moscow said they had been holding.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim Saturday that Russian forces had fully retaken the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an offensive last year.

The special representative of the US President, Steve Witkoff, flew to Moscow on April 25 to discuss the settlement of the war. He met with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, according to Russian media.

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy, has landed in Moscow, Interfax news agency said. He is expected to meet Vladimir Putin later on Friday—his fourth meeting with the Russian president this year.