Up to 70 thousand people remain in the Luhansk region/facebook.com/lugdsns
In the Lugansk region, despite the heavy shelling of the Russian military, the evacuation of civilians is still ongoing. On the 55th day of Russia's full-scale invasion, about 20% of the population remained in the region.
Up to 70,000 people remain in the Luhansk region
Head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai on the air of the channel “Rada” stated that the evacuation in the region continues regardless of the operation of the gum corridors and the silence regime. He assured that the evacuation takes place every day.
According to Gaidai, we can conclude that 80% of the population has left the Luhansk region. Now about 20% of the population remains in the region, which was before February 24, when Russia launched a full-scale war in Ukraine.
According to the head of the Luhansk OVA, about 70 thousand people remain in the region.
We are left with about 20% of the population we had before the outright war of Russia against Ukraine on February 24th. In total, there were 340 thousand people, and now there are up to 70 thousand,” he said.
People do not want to evacuate
Gaidai said that over the 55 days of the war, the number of people who want to leave. He stated that there were residents in the Luhansk region who “hold on to their property”
The head of the Luhansk OVA said that people are being persuaded to evacuate, but they cannot be forced, as Russia does when it deports Ukrainians.
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Gaidai added that the main motivation for people to evacuate is when shells explode near their houses.
