Mandatory evacuation announced from 18 more villages in Kharkiv Oblast

The evacuation. Photo: Ukraine’s State Emergency Service

Mandatory evacuation of families with children from 18 more villages is to be conducted in Kharkiv Oblast.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration

Quote: “Shortly the question of mandatory evacuation of families with children from 18 more villages of the Velykyi Burluk and Vilkhuvatka hromadas will be raised at the Defence Council [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.].

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At the moment, families with 161 children are residing there. They risk their lives on a daily basis as the Russians are using their whole arsenal of weapons: artillery, UAVs, mortars and aircraft.

There are 1,082 children residing in the 57 settlements of the Velykyi Burluk, Vilkhuvatka, Kindrashivka and Kurylivka hromadas. We are planning to announce a mandatory evacuation here. We have received letters from Kupiansk District Military Administration.”

Details: Syniehubov added that almost 20 volunteer organisations in the Kharkiv Oblast coordination centre had been involved in the process of evacuation.

Reportedly, 28,329 people in total have moved to safer areas, 869 of them children. 1,500 people, 140 of them children, have evacuated since the beginning of this year.

Syniehubov stressed that the military administration, volunteers and international organisations provide aid, guidance, accommodation, etc.

Background: 

• In August 2023, authorities commenced the mandatory evacuation of families with children from 37 settlements in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast in connection with the intensification of Russian attacks.
• At the end of November, it was reported that 299 children and their parents were evacuated from dangerous areas in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast.
• In December, the authorities in Kharkiv Oblast were considering expanding the list of frontline hromadas subject to mandatory evacuation orders due to Russian bombardments.
• The mandatory evacuation zone for families with children was expanded in Kharkiv Oblast in January.

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