The reason for this evacuation is the almost daily bombing of cities by the Russian army
The authorities of the Kharkiv region, in eastern Ukraine, which is being bombarded with particular severity by Russian forces, he ordered the forced removal of families with children from 47 villages near the border with Russia.
The order concerns communities in three regions, Bokhodokhiv, Izium and Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Sinekhubov said yesterday, Thursday, via Telegram. However, it is not about the regional capital, he added.
The reason for this evacuation is the almost daily bombing of cities by the Russian army. The governor pledged that all those affected by this order will receive appropriate humanitarian and legal assistance.
A day earlier, on Wednesday, a young girl was killed in shelling by Russian forces in Kharkiv’s Lipchi village, just 10 kilometers from the border with Russia.
THE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday appealed to Western allies to supply Ukraine with more weapons as more than a dozen energy plants have been damaged or disabled since mid-March by Russian bombing.
“We need air defense systems and other defense assistance, not just turning a blind eye and having long talks”he wrote in a post on X.
The Ukrainian president repeated the request after a meeting he had yesterday in Vilnius with the Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausenda. “For us air defense is the number one issue, the first priority”Zelensky noted.
Source :Skai
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