After claiming to have ended Ukraine's incursion into Kursk — with North Korean help — Russia says it is ready to hold peace talks with Kyiv. But President Trump has cast doubt on Putin's remarks and theatened sanctions.

All Ukrainian troops have been forced from Russia’s Kursk region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Saturday. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the claim.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his troops have regained control of Kursk, the border region overtaken in a surprise incursion by Ukraine last year, a claim which Kyiv has denied. “The Kyiv regime’s adventure has completely failed,