Ukraine's minister: Russia has not requested a humanitarian corridor for people in Kursk Oblast

Russia has not approached either the Red Cross or Ukraine to organize a humanitarian corridor for people from the Kursk Oblast, as was reported by Iryna Vereshchuk, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine.

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"There have been no appeals from the Russian authorities. We’ve fulfilled our mandate, communicated that possibility, but it was then up to Russia to act – and they’re not doing so," she said.

On August 15, Vereshchuk stated that Ukraine could open a humanitarian corridor for civilians from the Kursk Oblast to Sumy.

Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko reported that the military commandant's office fully ensures the livelihood in the Ukraine-controlled territories of the Kursk Oblast, with local residents receiving humanitarian aid and medicines under the Geneva Convention.

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