Zelenskyy vows to help evacuate Donetsk Oblast civilians

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, 30 JULY 2022, 22:50

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has once again urged civilians to evacuate Donetsk Oblast and has stressed that the Ukrainian government is doing everything within its power to facilitate the evacuation.

Source: Zelenskyy’s video address

Quote from Zelenskyy: "There are hundreds of thousands of people, tens of thousands of children... Many people refuse to leave... But it really needs to be done. This decision will have to be made. Believe me. And the sooner it is done, the more people leave Donetsk region, the fewer people the Russian army will be able to kill."

"The government has taken a decision to begin mandatory evacuation from Donetsk [Oblast]. It’s all been organised: full support, full assistance – both logistical and financial. We only need those people who have not yet made this decision to make this decision at last.

Go, we will help you! We are not Russia. That is why every life is important for us. And we will make use of every opportunity to save as many lives as possible and to limit the effects of Russian terror as much as we can.

At this stage of the war, terror is Russia’s main weapon. And that is why the main task of every Ukrainian, every defender of freedom and humanity in the world, is to do everything to isolate the terrorist state and to protect as many people as possible from Russian attacks."

Earlier: The Ukrainian government will introduce mandatory evacuation of residents of unoccupied areas of Donetsk Oblast before the start of the heating season.

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