KURSK, May 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin called for intensified mine clearance in the Kursk Region so that locals can return to their homes as soon as possible.
"Obviously, the demining team should be expanded <…> so that people can return to their homes as soon as possible," the president told Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein at a meeting.
On May 20, Putin visited the Kursk region on his first trip since the bordering Russian region was liberated on April 26.