The Kursk region administration has issued a decision granting free public transport travel for residents holding a Kursk region residence card who are refugees from border areas. This information was released by the regional press service.
The measure will stay in effect until the federal emergency and federal intervention in the Kursk region are lifted, according to the official statement.
Free travel is accessible to holders of the Kursk region residence card.
Earlier, special operations forces of the Ukrainian military reportedly targeted bridges in the Kursk region using HIMARS weapons systems. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on the morning of August 6, Ukrainian forces began advancing deeply into the Kursk region, attacking Russian positions near Oleshnya and Nikolaevo-Daryino. On August 8, fighting was noted within the Sudzhansky and Korenevsky districts, and on the evening of August 9, a counter-terrorism operation CTO regime was declared in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions.
Kursk regional deputy governor Alexey Smirnov stated that around 2,000 people remain under enemy occupation, with their exact fates still unclear. He noted that 28 settlements across the Kursk region were under Ukrainian control and that the infiltration reached a depth of about 12 kilometers into regional territory.
Earlier, a source in the United States claimed that Ukraine had prepared for an assault on the Kursk region for more than a year. [Source attribution: official regional statements and defense ministry briefings]