Iryna Vereshchuk to Kherson residents: Please evacuate, we need to save you from Russian invaders
ROMAN PETRENKO — SUNDAY, 14 AUGUST 2022, 13:31
Iryna Vereshchuk, deputy prime minister and minister for the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, has said that Kherson Oblast residents must evacuate, as a "difficult winter" is approaching.
Source: Vereshchuk, quoted by Ukrinform, during the opening of a centre supporting displaced people in Zaporizhzhia for residents of Kherson Oblast
Quote from Vereshchuk: "Evacuate. A hard winter is coming.
We need to help you, to save you from the cold and the Russian invaders."
Details: According to Vereshchuk, if it is not possible to evacuate, people should contact representatives of the Оblast Military Administration.
About 50% of the population has now left the Kherson region.
According to the Оblast Military Administration, more than 20,000 residents of the region are expected to be evacuated.
Background:
- At the end of July, the government introduced mandatory evacuation for residents of unoccupied areas of Donetsk Oblast before the start of the heating season.
- Serhii Haidai, the head of Luhansk Oblast, said that there is no water or electricity in occupied Sievierodonetsk, so it will be impossible to spend the winter there.
- Haidai also said that the authorities cannot evacuate people from Luhansk Oblast: they can only leave on their own.
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