Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk announced consultations and preparations for evacuation routes for civilians from the Kursk region to both Russia and Ukraine, with consideration for international organizations to contribute to humanitarian monitoring.
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Consultations and preparations for launching evacuation routes for civilians toward both Russia and Ukraine are currently underway.
Evacuated residents of Russia's Kursk Oblast are being taken to recreational facilities in Russian-occupied Crimea
Russian conscript soldiers were killed, wounded or captured in Kursk region
No official system exists for Russian relatives to locate missing conscripts
Ukrainian troops possibly used British Challenger 2 tanks during their offensive on Russian territory, which would be the first time British tanks operated by Ukrainian forces were used in combat on Russian soil
At least 42 Russian conscripts from the 488th regiment of military unit 12721 have disappeared in the Kursk region since the beginning of the Ukrainian armed forces' offensive.
Relatives of the missing soldiers report that neither the military unit nor the Ministry of Defense have information about their whereabouts.
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