KYIV - Ukraine on Thursday ordered the mandatory evacuation of vulnerable residents from the front-line city of Kupyansk and adjacent northeastern territories as fears mount Russia will retake the key city and rail hub. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - Ukraine on Thursday ordered the mandatory evacuation of vulnerable residents from the front-line city of Kupyansk and adjacent northeastern territories as fears mount Russia will retake the key city and rail hub.Kupyansk is near the front-line in eastern Ukraine and locals fear it could be taken over again.
“Mandatory evacuation of families with children and residents with limited mobility began in Kupyansk community,” the Kharkiv regional military administration said on its website. “The decision was made... taking into account the unstable security situation due to constant shelling of the territory of the community by Russian troops,” it added.
Kharkiv region governor Oleg Synegubov said on Thursday that Russia “shelled” several settlements in the region with artillery, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, including the city of Kupyansk. AFP
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