Discontent in the western Russian region of Kursk is rising and rising. The authorities are accused of not caring about the people living under Ukrainian occupation. People are desperate to find their relatives, many are missing. Their fate is uncertain.
Lyubov Prilutskaya, 37, says she has not been able to reach her parents for five months. A thorn in the side is the list of 517 names of missing persons, drawn up by Russian human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova. The number was far too small, Prilutskaya complained. Moskalkova later admitted that the list was “far from complete.”
Nevertheless, only “a few people” have heeded her message so far, Prilutskaya told AFP news agency. But between the lines, she was told that “no one is trying to get our family members out of this situation.”
There is currently no trace of these people – and many more:
Then Prilutskaya’s collar burst
The 37-year-old is now one of the initiators of a courageous demonstration: in a rare protest, residents of Kursk called for more action on online networks for relatives in the Ukrainian-occupied part. They demand that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, as well as international organizations, “help us save the lives of our relatives,” according to a post on Russia’s extremely popular online network VKontakte, which has been widely shared since Friday.
About 3,000 citizens are at risk
The message, accompanied by photos of relatives, mentions “about 3,000 civilians” under Ukrainian occupation in the area around the small town of Sudja. The post used the Russian hashtag #JaMiSudscha, which means “I and we for Sudscha” in German.
Ukraine launched its first offensive in the Russian border region of Kursk in August last year. Ukrainian forces captured hundreds of square kilometers of land, as well as the small town of Sudja. However, the Ukrainian advance came to a halt after Moscow sent reinforcements to the region, including thousands of North Korean soldiers. A second Ukrainian offensive in the region followed in early January.
Source: Krone
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