Russia evacuates more than 30,000 people from areas bordering Ukraine

Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on October 14 that about 30,415 people, including nearly 8,000 children, had to evacuate from areas bordering Russia due to shelling and attacks.

Tatyana Moskalkova, Russia's High Commissioner for Human Rights, said 30,415 people, including nearly 8,000 children, had to evacuate from areas bordering Russia due to shelling and attacks. (Source: RBC)

Evacuees have been taken to nearly 1,000 temporary accommodation centers across Russia, Moskalkova said.

"Currently, there are 960 temporary accommodation centers in 65 regions of Russia, receiving 30,415 people, including 7,670 children," Ms. Moskalkova emphasized.

Since Moscow launched a special military operation in February 2022, Ukraine has also responded with numerous shelling and attacks on Russian border areas.

In August 2024, Ukrainian forces launched an offensive in the Kursk region, seizing control of dozens of settlements and holding most of their positions since.

Ms Moskalkova said she had received more than 1,000 letters of appeal from Russian citizens in Kursk who are still missing or detained by Ukrainian forces.

However, Kiev has not given any official response.

Ms Moskalkova has visited more than 2,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia, revealing that similar visits to Russian prisoners of war were also made by her counterpart in Kiev.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on October 13 that it had attacked Ukrainian military forces near the border in the Kursk region in western Russia with glide bombs. The attack targeted "a fortified defense point and a concentration of Ukrainian forces."

For more than two months, Moscow has been trying to push Ukrainian forces out of the area. By early September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Kiev had taken control of more than 1,300 square kilometers in Kursk, including 100 settlements.

"Russian forces tried to push back Ukrainian troops but we held the designated positions," Mr. Zelensky stressed.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/nga-so-tan-hon-30000-nguoi-khoi-cac-khu-vuc-giap-bien-gioi-ukraine-290032.html