About 480 people evacuated from Kupiansk district
Approximately 480 people have been evacuated from Kupiansk district in Kharkiv Oblast as of the morning of 18 August, and the authorities are preparing evacuation routes in case of a threat of occupation of the city of Kupiansk.
Source: Andrii Kanashevych, Head of Kupiansk District Military Administration, on air with Svoboda Ranok (Liberty Morning), a Radio Liberty project.
Details: Local authorities state that approximately 480 people, including about 130 children, have already left with volunteers. Some people are evacuating in their own vehicles. They are either going to nearby settlements or across the oblast.
There are still people who refuse to evacuate from the settlement of Synkivka, which is being attacked by the Russian military.
Quote: "This settlement is located basically on the front line. Battles are taking place there. Nevertheless, we know that there are six civilians in Synkivka, who declare that they refuse to leave under no circumstances."
"Routes have been prepared in all hromadas of the Kupiansk district in case it is necessary to carry out a large-scale evacuation of people in the event of a threat of occupation of Kupiansk, if Russian troops advance to the city." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Background:
- On 10 August, a mandatory evacuation was announced in the Kupiansk district due to an increased rate of Russian shelling. In particular, it has been proposed to residents of 37 settlements close to the combat zone that they leave for Kharkiv and then, if they wish, go to other oblasts of Ukraine.
- The Russians attacked Zaoskillia in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast on 17 August, killing a 61-year-old woman, and wounding another.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated Kupiansk from the Russian invaders on 10 September 2022.
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