In the Kharkiv region, the mandatory evacuation zone for civilians has been expanded to include communities in the Kupianskyi, Bohodukhiv, and Kharkiv districts; a mandatory evacuation of families with children has been ordered in seven settlements.
Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, announced this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
The decision was adopted on July 3 at a meeting of the Regional Defense Council.
“We are taking into account a possible escalation of the security situation in border and frontline communities,” Syniehubov noted.
In the Shevchenkivska community, a mandatory evacuation has been ordered for 41 settlements: Arkadivka, Bohodarivka, Vasylenkove, Velyki Khutory, Verkhniozoryanske, Hetmanivka, Horozhanivka, Groza, Zhuravka, Zoryanske, Ivanivka, Kolisnykivka, Lelyukivka, Maksymivka, Mali Krynky, Mykilsk, Myrne, Myropillia, Mlynky, Mostove, Novyi Lyman, Novostepanivka, Ohurtsivka, Odradne, Oleksandrivka, Oleksiivka, Petrivka, Petropillia, Poltava, Raivka, Sazonivka, Samarske, Semenivka, Stavyshche, Stanislavka, Staryi Chyzvik, Sumske, Tetyanivka, Troitske, Khudoyarove, and the village of Shevchenkove.
In the Bohodukhiv District, evacuations will take place from the settlements of Ulianivka and Zarichne, and the villages of Ivanivka, Zatyshne, Voskresenivka, Korbyni Ivany, Shkarlaty, Deviatybratove, Zariabynka, Leskivka, Kostiantynivka, and Snigy.
In the Derhachi community, mandatory evacuation and the compulsory evacuation of children have been announced in the settlements of Pytomnyk, Nove, and Slatine, as well as in the villages of Ruska Lozova, Solonyi Yar, Bezruky, and Leshchenky.
As previously reported, on June 2, the mandatory evacuation zone was expanded in Kharkiv region due to intensified Russian shelling in the Bohodukhiv district. More than 7,000 residents are affected by this measure.