Last Russian Residents Return from Ukraine to Kursk Region

Ukrainian reporting focuses on the story of a Ukrainian citizen taken from Kursk and held for four years, describing harsh "filtration" and captivity conditions. Responsibility is placed on Russian security structures for creating a system of arbitrary detention that affects Ukrainians and some people on Russian territory. This block expects more such stories to surface, feeding calls for investigations and possible war‑crimes cases.

• •A Ukrainian man was seized in Kursk in 2022 and subjected to four years of "filtration" and captivity.
• •Russian security services and allied structures run filtration procedures that involve repeated interrogations and transfers.
• •People caught in these systems can be moved between multiple facilities before being released or exchanged.
• •The man’s account suggests that some detainees taken from Russian territory are treated as potential collaborators or spies.
• •Human rights groups in Ukraine are likely to use such testimonies to press for international investigations.