Russian authorities urge residents of occupied areas of Kharkiv Oblast to "evacuate"
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SATURDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2022, 18:30
Russian authorities of occupied Kharkiv Oblast urged all residents of the area to "evacuate" to the Russian Federation.
Source: Kremlin-aligned news outlet TASS citing Vitalii Ganchev, Russian-appointed so-called "head of the civilian and military administration of Kharkiv Oblast"
Details: Ganchev called upon all "residents of the area" to evacuate to save their lives.
He claimed that representatives of the "administration" are working in temporary accommodation centres and are ready to provide the "refugees" with food, heating and medicine.
Previously: The Russian invaders announced an "evacuation" from the occupied territory of the Kharkiv Oblast after the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a counteroffensive and liberated some of the settlements.
On 9 September, it was reported that the "evacuation" from Izium, Kupiansk and Velykyi Burluk in Kharkiv Oblast to the Russian Federation was under way.
On 10 September, the Ministry of Defence of Russia announced that they had transferred troops from Balakliia and Izium in the Kharkiv region to the Donetsk front, allegedly to achieve the goals of the "special operation", and that they also conducted a number of diversionary and demonstrative activities.
Background:
- On 8 September, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the city of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast had been liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- On 9 September, Zelenskyy reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had liberated over 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region
- On 10 September, Nataliia Popova, adviser to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Council reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had liberated the city of Kupiansk from the occupiers.
- On the same day, it became known that Russian troops had left the city of Izium and some other settlements in Kharkiv Oblast.
- On 10 September, the Ministry of Defence of Russia announced that they had transferred troops from Balakliia and Izium in Kharkiv Oblast to the Donetsk front, allegedly to achieve the goals of the "special operation", and had also conducted a number of diversionary and demonstrative activities.
See also: Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast, what is already known.
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