KURSK, March 18. /TASS/. Almost the whole territory of the Kursk Region has been liberated, Deputy Chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Military-Political Department, Akhmat Special Forces Commander Lieutenant General Apty Alaudinov said in an interview with TASS.

"We can state the fact now that almost the whole territory of the Kursk Region has been liberated," he said.

Russia’s military advance gave strong results, with almost all settlements taken at once, and the enemy’s personnel destroyed, Alaudinov added.