In a recording posted on social media, a resident said that on August 6, “foreign forces with NATO equipment” entered the area, and that the city (he did not specify which city) “was reduced to rubble within a few hours.”
— Our relatives, husbands, neighbors are defending Donbass. We lost our land, we lost our homes, we fled under fire, many without documents. We want to ask for help, we are alone. We are used to the shelling and supported a special military operation. [tak rosyjska propaganda nazywa inwazję na Ukrainę — red.]Our army has helped us and continues to help since the first days of the early warning system, the woman confirms.
“Our relatives are left behind, we can’t contact them, there is no communication with them. Please help us get our land back, he pleads.”
Another resident speaking on the recording noted that Russian media reported that Ukrainian forces had been “pushed back from the village of Novoivanovka.”
— As of today, according to appeals from local residents who remained there in extremely dangerous conditions, Malaya Lukhnya is said to be 90 percent “under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the man says.
Soga, north of Malaya Lukhniya, northeast – Novofianovka
– Please, Vladimir Vladimirovich, tell your subordinates responsible for information to show the real facts. Because civilians are dying because of these lies. The Chief of the General Staff recently announced that the situation is under control, but today there is heavy fighting in the Suzhan area, said one of the residents.
Another woman in the video complains that no evacuation was carried out in the Sujan area. According to her, in one village people remained “cut off from the land, crossing the river in boats, being shot at, unable to get out.”
Ukrainians attack Kursk region. Vladimir Putin promises money to escapees
On the evening of August 8, Vladimir Putin spoke via video link with the deputy head of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov. He said that residents of the Kursk region, who were forced to leave their homes due to the Ukrainian offensive, would receive 10,000 rubles each.
– In addition, you will need to assess other damages. Please, in cooperation with colleagues from various departments, including the Ministry of Emergency Situations, this work should be done. We mean the loss of property and housing. It will be necessary to do all this on a full scale, Putin said.
According to Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, 66 people, including nine children, were injured in shelling in the Kursk region on August 6 and 8. Thirty-eight people are staying in medical facilities.
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