FILE - Russian residents sit near a shelter where they hid while Ukrainian and Russian forces fought in Sudzha, which is controlled by Ukrainian army, Kursk region, Russia, Aug. 16, 2024. The sign says: "There are peaceful people in the basement, there are no soldiers."

Russian state media baselessly accuse Ukraine of cruelty to civilians in Kursk region

by · Voice of America

The most brutal Ukrainian units operating in the Kursk direction [in the Kursk region of Russia] are made up of mercenaries ... The mercenaries are the ones who are the most brutal towards civilians.