Order to evacuate children issued in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, governor promises aid
- Reason for evacuation was the almost daily shelling of towns in the region by Russia. Governor promised humanitarian and legal aid to those affected
- After third serious wave of attacks within a few days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to Western allies for more weapons
The eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, which has been particularly hard hit by Russian shelling, has ordered the forced evacuation of families with children from 47 villages near the border.
These are communities in the three districts of Bohodukhiv, Izyum and Kharkiv, the military governor of the region, Oleh Syniehubov, said on Thursday via Telegram. However, the regional capital was not affected, he added.
The reason for the evacuation was the almost daily shelling of the towns by the Russian army. The governor promised that all those affected would receive the appropriate humanitarian and legal aid.
The day before, a young girl was killed by Russian shelling in the village of Lyptsi in the Kharkiv district, just 10 kilometres from the Russian border.
Power infrastructure in the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Lviv, Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia was hit in renewed heavy Russian missile strikes overnight, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Facebook on Thursday.
Damage was also reported in the Odesa region.
The country’s largest electricity producer, DTEK, said on Telegram that two of its thermal power plants had been damaged.
