Over 1,700 children remain in areas of Donetsk Oblast subject to mandatory evacuation

A total of 1,746 children from 1,580 families remain in the settlements of Donetsk Oblast where a mandatory evacuation of children and their parents has been announced.

Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing Yuliia Ryzhakova, Head of the Children's Affairs Service of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration

Quote: "In the settlements where a mandatory evacuation of children with their parents, caregivers, or other legal guardian has been announced, 1,746 children from 1,580 families remain across 15 settlements in four territorial hromadas." A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories.

Details: Ryzhakova noted that the largest number of children remains in the Sloviansk hromada – 1,234 children from 1,203 families.

There are 484 children from 360 families remaining in the Kramatorsk hromada.

The official noted that over the past week, 452 children from 403 families had been evacuated from Donetsk Oblast. In total, 761 children from 610 families were evacuated in October.

Background: On 22 October, Donetsk Oblast Military Administration expanded the zone of mandatory evacuation of families with children to cover all settlements in the Kramatorsk and Sloviansk hromadas of the Kramatorsk district.

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