Kursk governor Alexei Smirnov says so far 121,000 residents of the Kursk region have been evacuated, Ednews informs via BBC.
He says 59,000 more still need to leave.
"As per your instructions... we've divided the resettlement of people into two stages. First stage: 10km zone in four districts, plus all of the Sudzha and Korenevo districts," he tells Putin.
"On 8 August, we started [evacuating] all of the six border districts, plus the Bolshoe Soldatskoe and Lgov districts because they are near a nuclear power station. The total is 180,000 people."
He adds that 12 civilians have been killed in the region and 121 others wounded.
