MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation with the commanders of the 810th Black Sea Fleet brigade and the 56th regiment of the 7th air assault division who reported to the supreme commander-in-chief on the situation and the course of combat in their responsibility zone, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"The president thanked the commanders and all of military personnel for the successful implementation of tasks set before them in the areas of the enemy’s incursion into the Kursk Region," the presidential spokesman said.
Earlier, Putin said that fighters from the 810th Brigade had crossed the border of the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
The 810th Separate Guards Orders of Zhukov and Ushakov Marine Infantry Brigade has fought in the most complex frontline areas in the special military operation in Ukraine. In particular, the brigade’s fighters participated in the liberation of Mariupol, the repulsion of the Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye Region and conducted operations in the island zone of the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region. As the Ukrainian army launched its attack on the Kursk Region, the brigade’s units were deployed to its borderline areas where they continue accomplishing their combat objectives.
In particular, as reported in early February, forces of the 11th Separate Air Assault Brigade, the 810th Separate Marine Infantry Brigade, the Veterans and Arbat volunteer formations, drone operators from the Rubicon Center, the 40th Separate Marine Infantry Brigade and the 177th Separate Marine Infantry Regiment participated in repelling eight waves of Ukrainian army attacks. Putin has stated on many occasions that the Russian troops fighting in the Kursk area are operating efficiently, competently and audaciously.