MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces units are fighting in the Kursk area "impressively, competently, courageously," President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Acting Kursk Region Governor Alexander Khinshtein.
During the meeting, Khinshtein presented Putin with a request from Russia's 155th marine brigade to give it an honorary name after Kursk. The head of state pointed out that all servicemen fighting in the Kursk area would be decorated accordingly.
"Indeed, the marines from the Far East are fighting impressively, competently, courageously. The Black Sea Fleet marines of the 810th brigade, paratroopers of the 106th division, the 76th division and many other units are also fighting in the same way in this part of the battlefield, and all of them will be appropriately decorated," the president said.
Speaking about the request of the 155th marine brigade, Putin pointed out that it would be granted. "With words of gratitude for everything they do for the Motherland," he added.