According to Zolotarev, he himself took the wheel of one bus and put his assistant in the second. Since the announcement of the start of the voluntary evacuation, the deputy managed to transport about 700 people to safe areas, RIA Novosti reports.
The destruction of the bridge made evacuation of the residents much more complicated. “We lost our home bridge… After that, there were attacks on our other bridges, which greatly slowed down and complicated the entire logistics,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
People began to be evacuated by boat. Security forces transported residents across the Seimas, and the deputy and his assistant “picked them up” on the opposite bank and delivered them to temporary accommodation centers.
In mid-August, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the bridge over the Seim River in the Glushkovsky district. This led to difficulties with the transfer of civilians from neighbouring settlements.
The bridge over the Seim River was located near Glushkovo. Earlier, on August 14, Kursk authorities announced a mandatory evacuation of the entire Glushkovsky district.
