INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
convincing her elderly parents, who wound up under Ukrainian occupation when Kyiv launched its Kursk region incursion in August 2024, to
evacuate to safety.For over seven months, Prilutskaya had no contact with her parents, Alexandra Pashchenko and Ivan Prilutsky, as they
remained in their village near Sudzha, a town of about 5,000 residents and the largest population center to fall under Ukrainian control
refused to leave their home despite the risks
Kyiv had hoped to use as leverage in potential peace negotiations
Last week, President Vladimir Putin called on Ukrainian troops still present there to surrender.101-year-old Olga Minchenko, who was
police had received reports of at least 1,174 missing persons, 240 of whom were found.So far, Russian authorities have evacuated 508 people
from the reclaimed settlements in the Kursk region, acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said Wednesday
advocates for evacuating Ukrainian-held areas, repeatedly urging Russian authorities to establish safe corridors and create a list of all
interview.An evacuatee from Sudzha.@HinshteinUkraine previously released numerous videos from occupied Sudzha, showing soldiers distributing
humanitarian aid to local residents
had abandoned them.The Moscow Times could not independently verify the conditions in which Kursk region residents were living under
Ukrainian occupation.Ukrainians who left areas occupied by Russian forces spoke of oppression, torture and sexual violence
that up to 1,500 people might still be in Sudzha, she told the independent regional media outlet 7?7 on Wednesday.She said her parents were
currently processing the necessary documents to receive state assistance for those who lived under Ukrainian occupation
