Moskalkova met Kuryans returning from Ukrainian captivity to Russia

On April 11, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Tatyana Moskalkova, arrived at the border checkpoint at the junction of the Belarusian and Ukrainian borders, where she met residents of the Kursk region returning from captivity.

"I welcome you to the Belarusian land," the Ombudsman said, boarding the bus to the returning Kuryans.

The Russian human rights defender personally made sure that everything was fine with the people, asked about their well-being and found out in what conditions they were kept in temporary accommodation. She also noted that the Kuryans "committed a heroic act, having overcome such a great distance," TASS said.

Earlier, Moskalkova reported that the last residents of the Kursk region, captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), were returning to Russia. It is specified that among them there are five women and two men.

"The last Kursk hostages will return to their homeland today. They left Ukraine and are moving towards Belarus," Moskalkova wrote on her Telegram channel.

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Moskalkova announced on March 19 that new exchanges between Russia and Ukraine were being prepared. In addition, it was clarified that contacts between the ombudsmen of the countries on the detained civilians of the Kursk region are conducted through various channels.

On March 6, Kursk Region Governor Alexander Khinshtein announced that three residents of the Kursk region, whom Ukraine had previously held hostage, had returned to Russia for exchange. One of those released was Mikhail, a 25-year-old resident of the village of Kazachya Loknya. Two women will also return to the country. They were exchanged for a Ukrainian citizen convicted of a criminal offense.

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