Russia Says 288 Civilians Died in Ukraine's Kursk Incursion

Russia Says 288 Civilians Died in Ukraine's Kursk Incursion

Russia on Wednesday said that 288 civilians were killed during Ukraine's months-long incursion into the Kursk region, which Moscow claimed to have fully cleared of Kyiv's forces over the weekend.

[Moscow Joint Press] On April 30, Hinshtein, acting governor of Kursk Oblast in western Russia, posted on a communication app that 791 residents had suffered health damage, of which 288 died, due to cross-border attacks by the Ukrainian military since August last year. He reportedly cited data from the Ministry of Health. The Russian military has

A quarter of them - more than 1,200 - were used by Russian troops against Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region.

At the end of April, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, south-west of the Kucherov farm, located south of Sudzha. This was reported by the American Institute for the Study of War ISW with reference to geolocated footage in its next report. On the map, you can see that the Kucherov farm is located much further southeast of the remnants of the Ukrainian bridgehead in the Kurshchyna. Therefore, we ar…

At least 288 civilians were killed and several hundred injured in the Russian Kursk region since the Ukrainian forces launched an offensive attack in the region in August 2024, regional authorities declared Wednesday.

Since August 2024, the Kursk region, on the Russian-Ukrainian border, has been at the heart of an offensive. On Wednesday, the Russian authorities made an initial assessment: 288 civilians were reportedly killed.