Russian invaders continue to attack the territory of Donetsk region. Almost the entire territory is constantly under the threat of shelling.
Tetyana Ignatchenko, a representative of the Donetsk OVA, told Channel 24 about this. According to her, the situation in the Donetsk region remains quite acute. In the past 24 hours alone, due to Russian shelling, 9 civilians were killed, and another 23 people were injured.
Massive shelling took place in Avdiivka, Marinka, Krasnogorovka, which are located near the front line. Also, over the past day, arrivals in Bakhmut were recorded. And in Slavyansk, the invaders got into one of the industrial enterprises where ceramics were produced, and an agricultural technical school.
The entire territory of the region is actually under the threat of constant shelling. We constantly say that the entire territory of Donbass is now potentially dangerous. It’s not worth staying here, you need to leave for safer regions of Ukraine,” Ignatchenko emphasized.
How is the evacuation going in the Donetsk region
At the end of July The Cabinet of Ministers decided on the mandatory evacuation of residents of the Donetsk region. Officials warned that it would most likely not be possible to spend the heating season there due to the fact that the occupiers had destroyed the relevant infrastructure. If a person does not want to go, he must sign the appropriate refusal form.
As Ignatchenko notes, as of February 24 about 1 million 670 thousand people lived in the controlled territory of Donbass . Now there are about 340 thousand . These are predominantly elderly people who find it psychologically difficult to leave home.
The representative of the Donetsk OVA admits that the process is not easy. However, since August 1, about 15,000 people have been evacuated. They are brought free of charge to the transport hub in Pokrovsk, after which people are also resettled free of charge in safe regions of Ukraine.
The evacuation continues. The heating season in the Donetsk region is under great threat – comfortable living conditions are out of the question, because there will be no gas. However, there is hope for electricity and alternative sources. According to the OVA, the region will be able to provide heating for about 235 thousand people.
Ignatenko urged people not to wait, but to evacuate. Now in the region there is literally a door-to-door, yard round.
I appeal to people. Please evacuate while you can. Then, under shelling, there will still be a desire to evacuate. But then you will endanger not only yourself, but also the lives of people who will come to you,” Ignatchenko noted.
Let us add that the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai spoke about what is happening in the temporarily occupied territories of the Luhansk region . The humanitarian situation is so dire that the locals cannot live there.
