Russia declares ‘federal emergency’
[Text above:] The Union of Armenians of Russia has collected and distributed a thousand packages of humanitarian aid to the evacuated residents of Kursk region.
A high-level government commission has made the decision due to the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Region | A federal emergency has been declared in Russia’s Kursk Region amid a cross-border incursion by Ukrainian forces, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has said. ● Kiev’s troops launched their largest attack on Russian territory since the start of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in Kursk Region’s Sudzha district on Tuesday. The Russian military said on Wednesday that the advance of the invading force had been halted but that Ukrainians remained in some areas in the district. [...] The decision to impose “a federal level of response” in the region was made during an extraordinary meeting of a government commission in charge of dealing with emergency situations and of ensuring fire safety, the statement read. ● The ‘federal emergency’ level will allow those who had their relatives killed, were wounded themselves or had their property damaged as a result of the Ukrainian incursion to receive compensation from the Russian state, it also pointed out.
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