Kharkiv region: 15,000 people have already left Lozova near Izium
DENYS KARLOVSKYI - FRIDAY 8 APRIL 2022, 21:02
As part of the evacuation of civilians in the Kharkiv region, about 15,000 people left the city of Lozova, but another 50,000 remained.
Source: Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration
Quote: "People are leaving Barvinkove and Lozova. About 15,000 people have left Lozova. There are still about 50,000 remaining. More people will be leaving. Departures are organised by rail and private vehicles. We communicate every hour whether it is safe to travel, because the situation changes every minute. There is fighting nearby".
Details: The evacuation is being carried out because these cities are in the Izium direction of hostilities.
At the same time, he assured that no evacuation was carried out from Kharkiv, and the authorities have been preparing to defend the city. There are no preconditions to surrender the city.
According to him, firefighters were eliminating the consequences of the fire on the gas pipeline near Derhachi all night. Thermal Power Plant-5 was switched to an alternative power supply mode for uninterrupted heat supply.
On the way to Dergachi, two power engineers were injured by an explosion on a mine.
Background:
The Russian occupiers tortured and set fire to three residents in the occupied village of Husarivka near Izium.
On 7 April, the Russian occupiers shelled Kharkiv 48 times from various types of artillery, mortars, tanks and more.