590 residents of the Kursk region are still considered missing

The figures were announced by acting regional governor Alexander Khinshtein, who chaired a meeting of a special working group. 

"We know the whereabouts of 300 of them (both those alive, those in captivity, those in liberated settlements, and those who died). <…> Unfortunately, there is still no precise information about the fate of 290 people," Khinshtein wrote. 

It is known that 23 residents of Kursk are in the Sumy region, and negotiations are underway regarding them.  

112 people from the register of those with whom relatives have lost contact since August 2024 have died. 

The registry of missing persons began to be compiled in February, following a demand from residents of border areas at a meeting with the acting governor—and six months after Ukrainian troops entered the region. During this time, residents were forced to search for their loved ones on their own. 

Moreover, on August 14, 2024, the authorities informed the residents of the region who were desperately trying to find the missing people "highly recommended" not to publish information about wanted persons in open sources, allegedly because it could be intercepted by the Ukrainian Center for Information and Psychological Operations (CIPSO).

 Soon, the VKontakte group for searching for missing people in the Kursk region was blocked, and the LizaAlert search team stopped publish information about them. In January 2025, relatives of those missing in Sudzha launched a campaign #IAREnecessaryPeople, publishing dozens of posts on VKontakte with photos and names of missing relatives.