Refugees From the Kursk, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv Regions Are Being Evicted From Temporary Accommodation Centers in the Tula Region

Refugees from the Kursk, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions are being evicted from temporary accommodation centers in the Tula region

In their appeal to Putin, refugees from the Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine, as well as the Kursk region, are asking him to stop their eviction from temporary accommodation centers (TACs) because their homes have been destroyed. They say they have nowhere to return to because they have not received any compensation.

The TACs are being closed on the basis of regional government decree No. 264 of May 19, 2026, under which people who lost their housing and arrived at TACs in the Tula region lose the right to live there from September 1 (the deadline was later extended to October 1).

We are being evicted without being provided alternative housing or compensation. After eviction from the TACs, we will lose our temporary registration and will be unable to receive medical care, education for our children, pensions, and insurance. We have not received certificates for lost housing and are not receiving any benefits. Consequently, after the closure of the TACs, without temporary registration, we will have nowhere to live and will be deprived of the ability to work on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Almost 250 people live in the TACs. People with Group I and II disabilities and their families, families with children with disabilities, and orphans may remain after October 15. At the same time, refugees who arrived in the Tula region after August 20 have been allowed to live in the TACs for up to six months.

According to the people who made the appeal, they filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office, but it has still gone unanswered. For refugees from the Kharkiv region, the situation is complicated by the fact that they do not have Russian residence registration, and because of the loss of temporary registration they are deprived of the ability to work, receive medical care, insurance, child benefits, pensions, and any other social support at all.

Earlier, the authorities of the Tula region explained the closure of the TACs by a shortage of money in the regional budget.

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