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Russians seek answers for hundreds missing after 2024 Ukraine incursion

Ukrainian forces' August 2024 incursion into Russia has left over 300 Russians unaccounted for in the Kursk region. Families are frustrated with the Russian state, saying authorities failed to stop the incursion and did not evacuate residents. One woman, Lyubov, found her mother's body in a mortuary last October, months after providing a DNA sample that was reportedly lost.

By BriefTea Editorial · 13 September 2026 at 9:02

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