616 children are still in area of active hostilities in Donetsk Oblast
Currently, 616 Ukrainian children are still living in the settlements of Donetsk Oblast that belong to the area of active hostilities.
Source: Dmytro Petlin, head of the department of operational duty service, communication, alerting and informing the population of the department for civil protection, mobilisation and defence work of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, Ukrinform agency reports
Quote from Dmytro Petlin: "There are currently 616 children in the settlements that are classified as the area of active hostilities, and 43,409 people in total."
Details: Currently, 18 hromadas in Donetsk Oblast are included in the active combat zone, where the Ukrainian army and the Russian forces continue to be engaged in combat clashes. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
These are the following hromadas: Bakhmut, Soledar, Siversk, Chasiv Yar, Zvanivka, Toretsk, Illinivka, Kostiantynivka, Lyman, Hrodivka, Kurakhove, Marinka, Myrnohrad, Novohrodivka, Ocheretyne, Selydove, Vuhledar and Novoselivka.
Quote from Dmytro Petlin: "There are hromadas that are fully included in the combat zone, and there are hromadas in which some settlements are included."
Dmytro Petlin also recalled that evacuation from the oblast has not stopped since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Quote from Kateryna Pavlichenko, Deputy Interior Minister: "It should be emphasised that the priority is the safety of children, not the punishment of parents. However, sometimes administrative reports are drawn up against parents for failing to fulfil their parenting responsibilities."
Background:
- Police officers can bring parents who refuse to take their children out of the frontline areas to administrative responsibility.
- Deputy Interior Minister Kateryna Pavlichenko said adults commit a criminal offence if they leave a child in danger.
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