Approximately 133,000 people have left their homes so far due to the Ukrainian offensive in the Russian region of Kursk, the acting governor of the region, Alexei Smirnov, said during a videoconference with President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Nearly 20,000 people still remain in the eight districts for which evacuation had been ordered, the state news agency TASS reported, citing Smirnov. “I urge you to pay particular attention to preparations for the new school year,” Putin, who was holding a meeting on the Kursk situation in Moscow, ordered. Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov said that pup…