“In total, we have to evacuate 744 children with their families,” the governor said on Sunday, while Moscow claimed responsibility a few hours earlier for taking a village in the area.
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Ukraine announced on Sunday, August 4, the evacuation of children and their parents from several localities in the Donetsk region (southeast), close to areas where Russia has claimed to have gained ground in recent days. A few hours earlier, Moscow claimed to have taken a village in this region, which adds to other recent claims of other localities, most of them containing only a few streets.
“The enemy is bombarding the towns and villages in the surrounding area every day. It was therefore decided to evacuate the children with their parents or other legal representatives,” said Donetsk region governor Vadym Filashkin, who provided a list of localities, including the town of Novogrodovka, which is about 20 kilometers from the village of Novoselivka Persha, which Russia claimed control of on Sunday.
“In total, we have to evacuate 744 children with their families from four communities to safer regions of Ukraine”announced the governor of Donetsk. “I have given instructions that only armoured vehicles will be involved in the evacuation of children”he said, referring to the Russians’ use of FPV (First Person View) drones, which allow their pilots to see live images of the terrain as if they were on board.
“We must make efforts to protect our children”he added. The governor has called on civilians to leave the region in recent weeks due to an increase in Russian bombing. In this third year of conflict, neither Moscow nor kyiv are in a position to decisively tip the balance of the conflict, despite recent territorial gains by Russian forces.
