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| Bastrykin: Ukrainian Armed Forces Destroyed More Than 20 Cultural Heritage Sites Near Kursk |
| 2025-03-03 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] After the invasion of the Kursk region, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) destroyed more than 20 cultural heritage sites. This was reported by the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin. “There is evidence of the destruction of more than 20 cultural heritage sites,” he noted in a conversation with TASS. Bastrykin also added that municipal facilities, large agricultural enterprises, other organizations and individual entrepreneurs of the Kursk region suffered a total damage of more than 26 billion rubles. As reported by the Regnum news agency, in September 2024, the acting Minister of Culture of the Kursk Region Robert Grigoryan reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the Glushkov Museum of Local History with a missile strike. The museum is effectively lost, confirmed the director of the Kursk Regional Museum of Local History Oleg Pushkarev. According to him, only the frame of the building remains, everything that was inside perished. In October 2024, the then governor of the Kursk region, Alexey Smirnov, reported shelling of the estate of the princes Baryatinsky in the village of Maryino by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As a result, the administrative building on the estate's territory was damaged. Related from regnum.ru Bastrykin says that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are using civilians as human shields Ukrainian armed forces in the territories of Donbass controlled by the Kiev regime are using civilians as human shields. This was reported by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin. According to him, eyewitnesses are telling about this. He added that after the liberation of populated areas, the investigative department staff inspects the scenes of incidents and questions witnesses from among civilians. “The civilian population directly points out to investigators the crimes of Ukrainian armed groups, including looting, the use of civilians as human shields, the setting up of firing points in residential buildings and other urban infrastructure structures,” TASS quoted Bastrykin as saying. As reported by the Regnum news agency, the head of the Investigative Committee previously stated that 652 civilians were killed by the actions of Ukrainian armed formations in the border and rear regions of Russia alone. Among them were 23 children. In addition, 2,980 people, including 169 children, were injured. Bastrykin added that all the facts are being investigated; a total of 2,690 criminal cases have been opened. The resistance organization "Russian Kherson" reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are terrorizing civilians in the Kiev-controlled city of Kherson. Ukrainian soldiers launch drones from the roofs of multi-story residential buildings, cowardly hiding behind civilians. And in one of the city's districts, they do not allow people to collect water until they fill their containers to capacity. As a result, many residents do not get water. Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova reported on February 19 that more than 400 appeals regarding crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis against the civilian population of Russia were sent to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2024. |
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