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Russia orders evacuations in Kursk region, Ukraine invites UN and Red Cross to ‘ensure rights’ there

File photo: People queue at a humanitarian aid distribution centre for residents who were evacuated from the Kursk region following an incursion by Ukrainian troops, in Kursk, Russia on August 28, 2024. © Maxim Shemetov, Reuters

Russian authorities have ordered the evacuation of “multiple” villages that border Ukraine in the Kursk region, a local governor said on Monday. The news comes as Moscow says its forces have wrested two more villages in the region out of Kyiv’s control. Ukraine’s foreign ministry has invited the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross to Kursk to carry out humanitarian work and verify the country is respecting international law amid its incursion there.

  • ‘Obligatory evacuation’

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