russia announces evacuations in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including from Enerhodar
Two other evacuations ended in the retreat of russian troops
The so-called acting "governor" of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Yevhen Balytskyi, has announced the evacuation of 18 settlements in the region, including the city of Enerhodar, home to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
In 2022, russia has already evacuated the population in the occupied areas twice (in Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts), and after that they were occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Agency writes.
The settlements from which Balytsky decided to evacuate "children with parents, the elderly, the disabled, and patients of medical institutions" are located at a distance of 20 to 40 km from the contact line. In total, the russian authorities are going to evacuate about 70,000 people and explain this by the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are shelling civilian infrastructure.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast is one of the likely areas for the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive. One of the settlements that could be attacked by Ukrainian units was the town of Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, about 30 kilometers from the contact line, according to russian sources. It is also on the list of settlements to be evacuated. In addition, this week pro-russian sources reported that Ukrainian troops attempted to attack russian forces in Zaporizhzhia Oblast near the town of Orikhiv.
This is the third evacuation of civilians from the occupied territories of Ukraine that russia has conducted in the 14 months of war. The first one was announced on September 9, 2022 in Kharkiv region. At that time, the russians evacuated the population from Izyum and Kupiansk, which were occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a few days.
Between October 18 and November 8, people were evacuated from Kherson and other seized settlements on the right bank of the Dnipro River. On November 11, Ukraine regained control of the city.
Background. As a reminder, the PACE adopted a resolution stating that Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children is genocide.
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