Minors live in inhumane conditions, do not have access to medical services and do not study. Law enforcement officers, military administration and volunteers are involved in the evacuation, but there are few people willing to leave.
More than 300 children are still under fire in Bakhmut in Donbas, where fierce fighting continues. Law enforcement officers call on parents to agree to the evacuation.
As noted by the police of the Donetsk region, the Russians do not stop trying to capture the city. In the last week alone, the occupiers have carried out at least 14 massive attacks on the residential sector. There are dead and wounded.
About 15,000 people currently live in Bakhmut and its suburbs, 306 of them are children. In total, more than two thousand children remain in the Bakhmut district (most of them in the Toretsk community).
Minors live in inhumane conditions, do not have access to medical services and do not study. Law enforcement officers, military administration and volunteers are involved in the evacuation, but there are few people willing to leave.
“I strongly appeal to parents: save your children. According to the law, adults are obliged to ensure children’s safety and proper living conditions. If you decide to remain under fire, the child must be evacuated accompanied by one of the parents or a trusted person. The police will organize an exit , and the authorities will provide free housing, provide social assistance,” said Ruslan Osypenko, head of the State Administration of the National People’s Republic of Donetsk region.
The war in Ukraine: the situation in Bakhmut
Fierce fighting is currently underway near Bakhmut.
According to soldiers from the front, the land near Bakhmut is completely covered with the bodies of the occupiers. Some invaders pretend to be dead by hiding behind corpses for several hours.
Earlier, the representative of the eastern group of troops, Serhiy Cherevaty, said that the professional “bone” of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Avdiiv and Bakhmut areas had been wiped out, and mobilized personnel were leaving. He noted that the main plan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiyiv and Bakhmut directions is to exhaust the enemy as much as possible and inflict irreparable losses on him.