Ukraine offers evacuation to Russians in Kursk region
Photo: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
The Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories has opened a 24-hour hotline for residents of the Kursk region who want to evacuate to Ukraine or need humanitarian assistance, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk.
“In connection with the potential worsening of the humanitarian situation in the adjacent territories of the Kursk region, Ukraine must be prepared to receive Russian refugees. Therefore, the Ministry of Reintegration has opened a 24-hour hotline for residents of the Kursk region who need humanitarian assistance or want to evacuate to Ukraine,” Vereshchuk wrote.
The application can be left as follows:
- call or send a message to the number: +38 (093) 367-83-68 via Telegram or WhatsApp;
- send an e-mail to: hotlinesos24@gmail.com.
The Minister noted that Ukraine adheres to all norms of international humanitarian law and will provide civilians in the Kursk region with the necessary protection and humanitarian support.
Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive in Kursk region
More than a week ago, Ukrainian troops launched an offensive in the Kursk region of Russia. The purpose of the operation is to protect residents of Ukraine's border regions from Russian shelling.
Yesterday, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said that the Ukrainian military had taken control of a 40-square-kilometer area and controlled 74 settlements in the Kursk region.
Today it became known that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have completely cleared the town of Sudzha from Russian troops.
From the very beginning of the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, videos were posted online of residents of the border settlements of the Kursk region complaining that local authorities did not help them evacuate, so they left on their own.
Earlier, the Ministry of Reintegration reported that Ukraine intends to open humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of residents of the Kursk region amid the fighting in the region.
