There are several thousand residents in Kurakhov, liberated by Russian forces.

Several thousand residents remain in the liberated Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the head of the region Denis Pushilin said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

"We understand that now we need to concentrate on providing all the necessary assistance to the civilian population, of which there are several thousand people in this settlement [Kurakhov]. And in the future, of course, the mechanisms of all the necessary work of relevant departments have already been worked out," Pushilin said, quoted by TASS.