Civilian residents of Russia’s Kursk region held by Ukraine are seen as they return to Russia following negotiations with Kyiv, at the Novaya Guta borderpoint, Gomel region, Belarus in this still image taken from video released on November 22, 2024. Governor of Kursk region Alexei Smirnov via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that Ukraine had returned 46 Russian citizens who were taken there after Ukrainian forces seized a chunk of Russia's western Kursk region in August.
"The painstaking and lengthy negotiations for the return of our fellow countrymen to their homeland have brought results," Kursk regional governor Alexei Smirnov wrote on his Telegram channel. "They are receiving all necessary assistance."
