[Russia] - Russia Says 'Agreement' Reached With Ukraine on Evacuating Kursk Residents

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia has actually struck a deal with Ukraine and the Red Cross to evacuate citizens from the embattled Kursk area, parts of which have
actually been taken by Ukraine, Russias rights commissioner said Monday.Kyiv introduced a surprise cross-border assault on the Russian area
more than six months back, recording dozens of towns and trapping numerous Russian civilians on the opposite side of the front line.Some
residents have actually now crossed into Ukraines neighboring Sumy region and are waiting for evacuation via Belarus, Russian rights
commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said
There are individuals who are currently in Sumy today
And there is a contract with the Red Cross and the Ukrainian side that they will be left through Belarus to Russia, Moskalkova stated,
according to Russias state-run RIA Novosti news agency.Moskalkova did not say how many Kursk homeowners would be left under the agreement.A
representative for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stated the group was supporting evacuated civilians in the Sumy area,
without validating the agreement
For repatriation operations like these, its up to the parties to the dispute to agree on the details directly, Ukraine-based spokesperson
Pat Griffiths informed AFP
Should both parties agree on those information, we stand prepared to support the safe and dignified passage of those civilians who want to
return to Russia
A main missing out on persons list assembled by Russian authorities initially taped only around 500 people unaccounted for in the
Ukrainian-occupied zone, but regional citizens state the number is close to 3,000
Ukraine says countless its own civilians are being held in areas took and inhabited by Moscow because its attack began on Feb
24, 2022, and that it is supplying safe passage to Russians in the Kursk region.