Roman Starovoit, former governor of Russia’s Kursk region, admitted this. video Russian soldiers on Thursday reportedly looted houses abandoned by residents of the region’s Glushkovsky District who fled Ukraine’s ongoing cross-border offensive.

“As for the looting. This issue was discussed at the meeting with law enforcement officers yesterday. “There were cases of looting among both civilian and military personnel,” Starovoit said at a meeting with residents of Glushkovsky District.

After Starovoit’s statement, citizens began to applaud.

Starovoit, who currently serves as Russia’s Minister of Transport, said law enforcement has been instructed to increase security in the area. “There is evidence that looted items were sent (deep into Russia) via delivery services,” he added.

The current governor of the region, Alexey Smirnov, posted about the meeting with residents on his Telegram channel, but did not mention the looting.

Russian state media on November 11 reported It was claimed that Ukrainian soldiers looted houses in the village of Glushkovo. After military bloggers pointed out that the village was never under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, TASS edited the article to remove the reference to Glushkovo and instead wrote “a village in the Glushkovsky district.”