Forced Evacuation in Kharkiv Region: 25 Children Remain in Dangerous Villages

In seven settlements in the Kharkiv region, mandatory evacuation has been announced for families with children. Evacuees will receive IDP support, humanitarian aid, and safe relocation from frontline areas across Ukraine.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Synehubov.

It concerns the villages of the Starosaltivska community: Bereznyky, Vyshneve, Hontarivka, Metalivka, Radkove, Zarichne, and Shyroke.

As of today, according to the latest data, 25 children remain in these settlements.

“We urge families with minors to leave the dangerous areas immediately, as this is about saving lives,” Synehubov said.

According to him, evacuation routes have already been worked out, and temporary accommodation for people has been arranged.

“Evacuated families will receive support in obtaining IDP status, access to payments, and humanitarian aid,” the head of the Regional Military Administration promised.

Evacuation from frontline areas

Earlier, it was reported that over three thousand children, along with their parents, are planned to be forcibly evacuated from frontline communities in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

In the Donetsk region communities that are in the active combat zone, about 13,800 people still remain, including in the Pokrovska community and Kostiantynivka.

Currently, 20 transit centers for displaced persons are operating in Ukraine, and in the frontline areas, evacuation is being carried out by the specialized “Phoenix” units of the State Emergency Service and the National Police “White Angel” units.

It was also previously reported about the mandatory evacuation of residents from 14 border settlements in the Chernihiv region, as well as plans to evacuate children from 19 settlements in Donetsk and people with limited mobility from Zaporizhzhia to safer regions.