«Agency»* identified 20 new names of the deceased in the Kursk region through social media posts and conversations with relatives. Most of the deceased were retirees or people of pre-retirement age. The youngest among the deceased was a 38-year-old man, the oldest was a 90-year-old woman.
In seven cases, the cause of death is known. In three cases, it was due to hypothermia, and one deceased presumably suffered cardiac arrest. Three people were killed as a result of bombings.
The death of 11 people was confirmed by relatives, and the names of six more deceased were provided by the teacher of the village of Zamostye, Vladimir Yermolaev, who showed the documents of these people. The death of two people became known thanks to photographs of their graves in the courtyards of houses in Sudzha.
Together with the previously published list by the publication «7×7»*, which confirmed the death of 30 civilians, the total number of identified deceased in the Russian region since August last year exceeded 50 people.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated on March 21 that since 2022, a total of 167 civilians have died in the Kursk region, and another 500 people have been injured.
* Recognized as "foreign agents" in Russia.
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