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Russian authorities announce the evacuation of another district of Kursk due to Ukraine’s military incursion
The authorities of the Bolshesoldatsky district in the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukraine has been carrying out a military operation since August 6, announced on Tuesday the evacuation of the population in the face of the unstable situation in the area.
“Until now there was no evacuation in our district. Those who wanted to, left on their own and no one was hitting them. Today we begin to collect data from the people who do need to be evacuated,” wrote the local leader, Vladimir Zaitsev, on his Telegram channel.
In the Bolshesoldatski district, adjacent to the Sudzha district, the first target of the Ukrainian incursion, live about 10,000 people.
It is a territory close to the city of Kurchatov, which hosts the Kursk atomic power plant, and the regional capital, with about 430,000 inhabitants.
The governor of the region, Alexei Smirnov, acknowledged yesterday that about 121,000 people have already been evacuated from the border areas with Ukraine and another 60,000 would be transferred to safer places later.
Smirnov also assured that Ukrainian forces already control 28 locations in the territory of Kursk, where about 2,000 people live without their fate being known so far.
Ukraine, for its part, recognized yesterday for the first time that its forces are in Russian territory and assured that within the framework of the operation in Kursk they already control about 1,000 square kilometers.
On the other side of the border, the Ukrainian authorities decided on Tuesday to restrict the movement of civilians in part of the Sumi region that borders the Russian region of Kursk, for security reasons.
The Ukrainian General Staff has confirmed that the restrictions are established by “the increase in fighting, the intensification of sabotage activities and reconnaissance groups and special operations forces of the enemy and to preserve the lives of the civilian population and military personnel.”
The limitations will affect residents in a strip of 20 kilometers from the border.
This area can only be accessed after showing a Ukrainian passport that contains an address that accredits the bearer as a resident in this strip.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kiev assured today that the objective of the Ukrainian incursion into the border oblast is not to “take the territory of the region” but to protect Ukrainian civilians.
“Ukraine is not interested in taking the territory of the Kursk region, but we want to protect the lives of our people,” said the spokesman, Gueorgui Tiji, in statements cited by the “Ukrinform” agency.
According to the spokesman, since the beginning of the summer alone, more than 2,000 attacks have been recorded against the Ukrainian border region of Sumi, from Kursk.
“Therefore, it is necessary to liberate these border areas where Russian military contingents with the help of the (Russian) Armed Forces attack Ukraine or cover the terror against the Ukrainians,” he alleges.
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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