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Displaced civilians in Russia's border regions (Kursk, Belgorod)

Hostilities linked to Russia's war with Ukraine affect civilians in Russia's border regions. In August 2024 the Kursk regional authorities evacuated about 121,000 people, and the Belgorod and Kursk regions remain targets of drone attacks and shelling.

According to the ICRC, almost 13,000 displaced people received cash assistance in 2025 under programmes run jointly with the Russian Red Cross in seven regions: Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Krasnodar, Kursk, Rostov and Voronezh; the programmes continue in 2026. The Russian Red Cross reported in August 2025 that it had assisted more than 142,000 residents of Kursk region. In June 2026 the Kursk governor reported more than 16,000 housing certificates issued to people who lost their homes and 320 border residents whose fate remains unknown. In July 2026 drone attacks in Belgorod region killed further civilians.

Needs

• protection
• shelter
• livelihoods
• health

Who is helping

Organisations that, according to their own publications, work on this event (3). Donations go directly to each organisation's own website - GLOBURNS does not handle payments.

• International Committee of the Red Cross (MKCK (ICRC))
  The ICRC protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law. In May 2026 it upgraded the Rafah field hospital, run with 16…
  Donate on the organisation's website (icrc.org)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
  The IFRC brings together National Societies and launches emergency appeals for disasters and crises. In Sudan its MDRSD033 appeal (CHF 80 million) supports the Sudanese…
  Donate on the organisation's website (ifrc.org)
• Russian Red Cross (RKK)
  The national Red Cross society of Russia. Together with the ICRC it assists people displaced from the border regions, and in 2026 it runs a national fundraising appeal…
  Donate on the organisation's website (donation.redcross.ru)

Sources

• icrc.org icrc.org/en/article/russia-helping-displaced-people-start-over
• icrc.org icrc.org/en/article/russia-icrcs-response-emergency-situation-kursk-linked-hostilities
• rapsinews.ru rapsinews.ru/incident_news/20250806/311067813.html
• kommersant.ru kommersant.ru/doc/8778619
• interfax.ru interfax.ru/russia/1099257
• cherta.media cherta.media/story/evakuaciya-prigranichnyx-territorij/
• themoscowtimes.com themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/28/3-killed-in-belgorod-region-drone-attacks-a93362
• goadmin.ifrc.org goadmin.ifrc.org/api/v2/appeal/?code=MGR65002

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