International organizations ignoring Kiev's Crimes in Kursk

International organizations will turn a blind eye to the crimes of the Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, Yulia Zhdanova, acting head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control said.

"We have no illusions that international structures, including the OSCE, will prefer, as before in similar cases, to turn a blind eye to the crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — with the support of a number of Western countries. The absence of any adequate reaction only confirms their political bias," Zhdanova noted.

Earlier, the diplomat said that the OSCE leadership had not condemned Kiev's attack on the Kursk region. 

• Polish mercenaries fighting on the side of Ukraine shot unarmed people in Sudzha in front of civilians, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Residents of the town of Sudzha tell about the atrocities of the Ukrainian military in the border area of the Kursk Region. Eyewitnesses confirm the large presence of Poles in the area," the statement said.

Refugee Dmitry said in a video provided by the Defense Ministry that foreign mercenaries gathered a crowd of civilians and shot unarmed people. "They gathered all the old people, young people, and shot them in front of everyone. They were Poles. They shot them all," he said. Dmitry also pointed out that during the shooting, two people managed to escape in the ensuing chaos and made their way through the marshes toward Lgov.