The Russian government will allocate 10,000 rubles (approximately 115 USD) to residents of Kursk Oblast who had to leave their homes after Ukrainian forces breached the border. Vladimir Putin made this announcement during a meeting with the region's acting governor, Alexey Smirnov, on August 10.
"We will also need to assess other damages, such as the loss of property and housing," added Vladimir Putin.
Previously, the Russian government promised to transfer the first tranche of 1.8 billion rubles to Kursk Oblast for the relocation of citizens from border districts.
In his report, Alexey Smirnov stated that the evacuation of civilians from Kursk Oblast is being conducted around the clock, though it is disrupted by ongoing shelling. Meanwhile, residents have been complaining about the lack of organized evacuation since August 6.
Shelling in Kursk Oblast has intensified since May 2024, when the Russian Armed Forces began creating a so-called sanitary zone in the Kharkiv direction. According to calculations by "7x7," the number of missile attacks on the region has increased fivefold.
On August 6, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) attempted to breach the border near the town of Sudzha. Pro-government Russian military correspondents claim that by the evening of August 8, the Ukrainian army had advanced 31 kilometers from the border.
