Moscow: Russia on Friday claimed that all Ukrainian troops operating in the Kursk region, located along the Russia-Ukraine border, have been driven out.

According to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian forces successfully repelled Ukrainian incursions and fully secured the territory.

"Today, the last settlement in the Kursk region, the village of Gornal, has been liberated from Ukrainian forces," Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said during a video conference meeting with Putin.

Meanwhile, three people have been killed overnight by Russian attacks across Ukraine, local officials said on Saturday, as US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Vatican City.

Two people died in a strike on the town of Yarova in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, local Gov. Vadym Filashkin said in a post on social media. Another person died in the Dnipropetrovsk region, said Gov Serhiy Lysak. Six people were injured, including an 88-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl, he said.

The attacks came hours before the US and Ukrainian leaders met in Vatican City on the sidelines of the funeral of Pope Francis.

The presidents met at St. Peter's Basilica for about 15 minutes and agreed to continue negotiations later on Saturday, Ukrainian presidential spokesman Serhii Nykyforov said.