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| Russian Foreign Ministry: Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding up to 120 civilians captive in Sudzha, including up to 15 children |
| 2024-09-24 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are holding from 70 to 120 civilians in one of the social institutions in Sudzha. This was stated by Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik during a press conference. "On the other side we have places where civilians have been forcibly driven, in particular Sudzha, one of the social institutions. According to our data, from 70 to 120 people are being held in this territory," he said. According to him, up to 15 people are children. Miroshnik added that it is currently known about 266 wounded and 56 killed civilians since the invasion of Ukrainian troops into the Kursk region. However, it will be possible to calculate all the data, establish all the consequences and initiate criminal cases only after the liberation of this territory from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the diplomat added. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, reported that the Ukrainian military had taken some of the civilians captured in the border settlements of the Kursk region outside of Russia. Their fate is currently unknown, she added. According to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, since August 5, 2024, 1,118 requests have been received regarding the protection of the rights of civilians and military personnel captured in the Kursk region. Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Ukrainian military personnel involved in the shooting of residents of the Kursk region. According to the investigation, on August 8, 2024, Ukrainian militants fired at two civilian VAZ cars in the Sudzhansky district using a tank and small arms. As a result of the incident, one civilian was killed and two more were injured. |
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