Kharkiv Oblast expands mandatory evacuation zone, over 7,000 people to be relocated

Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, has reported a decision by the Defence Council to expand the mandatory evacuation zone in the oblast.

Source: Syniehubov on Telegram

Quote: "Given the security situation and the systematic enemy attacks, we are expanding the mandatory evacuation zone in the Zolochiv area. The relevant decision was adopted at a meeting of the Kharkiv Oblast Defence Council attended by our military personnel, emergency workers, law enforcement representatives and heads of district military administrations."

Details: Syniehubov said the decision concerns seven settlements in the Bohodukhiv district: the settlement of Zolochiv and the villages of Pysarivka, Huriiv, Lemishchyne, Malyzhyne, Merlo and Morozova Dolyna.

"We have to relocate 7,157 people to safer settlements, including 1,702 children and 311 people with limited mobility," the official noted.

He said that Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, together with volunteer organisations and charitable foundations, is providing displaced people with everything they need, from temporary accommodation to medical, humanitarian and legal assistance.

Syniehubov added that logistical routes have already been approved and worked out.

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