Ukrainian state postal service suspends operations in Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Ukraine's national postal service Ukrposhta will suspend operations in the town of Orikhiv and the village of Preobrazhenka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast due to the security situation in the settlements.

Source: Ukrposhta CEO Ihor Smilianskyi

Quote: "For more than two years, Ukrposhta remained the only company that continued operating in the town of Orikhiv and the village of Preobrazhenka of the Polohy hromada in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Today we have made the difficult decision to close these branches." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Details: Smilianskyi added that in what was once a town of 20,000 residents, just over 800 people remain in Orikhiv, not counting service members.

Over the past week, Ukrposhta lost a vehicle in the area of the settlements, and the local administration lost another while trying to assist.

"Meanwhile, the vast majority of pensions and Winter Support payments have already been delivered, and we will continue serving residents of Orikhiv and Preobrazhenka in the village of Tavriiske," Smilianskyi said. [Winter Support is a Ukrainian government assistance programme providing additional financial aid during the winter – ed.]

Approximately 9 km separate Orikhiv and Preobrazhenka from the line of contact, according to DeepStateMap, an interactive map of the hostilities in Ukraine.

Background: Since the start of the full-scale war, Ukrposhta has lost 418 vehicles, including 281 during the temporary occupation of some Ukrainian territories by Russian forces in 2022.

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