INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
over two dozen Kursk region settlements since launching its surprise incursion on Aug
6, in the most significant cross-border attack on Russian territory since World War II.With most of the territory captured by Kyiv remaining
current situation in the region:Military developmentsThe Kursk region remains one of the primary battlegrounds in the ongoing conflict
between Russian and Ukrainian forces.In August, Kyiv claimed it had controlled over 1,250 square kilometers of Russia's territory,
had been retaken.The village of Lebedevka in the Sudzhansky district, Kursk region.vk.com/sudgaonlineAmong the latest recaptured settlements
-based think tank, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), after two months of fighting in the Kursk region, Ukraine still controlled most
13.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Moscow had attempted to push back Ukrainian positions in Kursk but that Kyiv
was "holding the line."Among the settlements still under Ukrainian control is Sudzha, a town of about 5,000 people that is home to a key gas
transit hub between Russia and Europe, according to ISW.Social consequencesMore than 112,000 Kursk region residents have been displaced from
their homes since the start of the incursion, 12,300 of whom have been placed in temporary shelters, Russian officials said
At least 308 people, including 11 children, were injured during the attack, according to local authorities.People a temporary accommodation
facility for evacuees from border areas in the Kursk region
Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS Moscow also accused Kyiv of forcibly taking more than 1,000 Kursk residents during the incursion
To help them, the Russian government last month allocated more than 6.2 billion rubles (about $62 million).Public sentimentResidents of the
let them [Ukrainian forces] through, and so many people died
address the aftermath of the incursion, Kursk region Governor Alexei Smirnov, last week approved a new executive structure for the regional
government that includes the creation of a Borderland Restoration and Development Ministry
However, this move has also sparked dissatisfaction among the local population.Kursk region Governor Alexei Smirnov.t.me/gubernator_46A
