Exposing The Insider’s fabrications

On May 27, in an act of shameless cynicism, The Insider foreign agent publication tried to concoct an image of “gracious Ukrainian occupiers in the Kursk Region.” Allegedly, they did not forcibly ship, but rather “evacuated” civilians from the Kursk Region to Ukraine.

This is absolutely not what happened in reality. Moreover, even the forcible shipment of our fellow citizens to Ukraine pales in comparison to the horrendous atrocities committed at the same time by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and mercenaries in the Kursk Region.

Here’s what Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova had to say in an interview on October 14, 2024:

“The forcible shipment of civilians from their homes represents gross violation of the Geneva Convention <…> On September 16, I met with ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric to discuss the tight situation of the Kursk Region residents, including children, who, I believe, need help. We have no information about their whereabouts.”

Following the 1,000 for 1,000 prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine on May 23-25, 2025, 20 of whom were residents of the Kursk Region, Tatyana Moskalkova said that 34 more residents of the region remained in captivity.

Earlier, on May 13, 2025, the Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation reported that people from Zelensky’s inner circle refer to civilians from the Kursk Region captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and taken to Ukraine as “valuable asset,” which can be used to bargain for “something more substantial than wounded POWs that are unfit for combat” which is typical terrorist behaviour.

On May 28, Tatyana Moskalkova shared details about the circumstances of the abduction and the conditions of detention of the residents of the Kursk Region in Ukraine:

“These civilians were captured by the Ukrainian forces at about the same time when the Ukrainian formations occupied the Kursk Region in August 2024.

The circumstances surrounding their capture are similar. Entirely civilian non-military people suddenly came under the steamroller of a ruthless and morally bankrupt Ukrainian war machine.

In captivity, they endured moral and physical abuse, such as blindfolds, hands tied with duct tape, torture, revolting meals unfit for human consumption, endless interrogations, multiple transfers across Ukraine and, of course, theft of IDs and personal belongings.”

Numerous testimonies have been published regarding fatal shootings of civilians - entire families that were fleeing the combat operations zone in an attempt to go deeper into the Kursk Region - by Ukrainian militants along with targeted FPV drone strikes on civilians regardless of gender or age.

A grim climax came in the form of a mass murder of people in the village of Russkoye Porechnoye, Sudzha District, by Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Russian law enforcers released horrifying footage of bodies with tied hands, signs of torture, and gunshot wounds - bodies of people who died after many hours of torment.

Ukrainian militants did all of that being fully aware of the non-combatant status of the victims which is evidenced by the footage of captured Ukrainian soldiers’ interrogations.

The surviving civilians shared stories of inhuman suffering that makes the blood run cold. Their testimonies are cited, among other publications, in the book “Crimes of the Kiev Regime. Materials of the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis 2023-2024,” the Concluding Report on the Crimes of the Kiev Regime in 2024, and the Quarterly Report on the Crimes of the Kiev Regime Committed in January-March 2025.

However, there is nothing surprising about the fact that The Insider’s “investigators” have no interest in real investigations: their patrons/employers pursue other objectives, which The Insider is diligently carrying out.

Another false claim regarding the “forcible shipment of Ukrainian children” that was brought from oblivion by this publication has long been repeatedly and in thorough detail debunked by Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova.