kyiv orders children to be evacuated from Kharkiv region

Ukrainian authorities have ordered the forced evacuation of families with children from sixteen localities in the Kharkiv region (north-east), due to the intensification of Russian strikes, the governor announced Thursday.

“In total, 267 children and their families must be evacuated from sixteen localities” close to the front line, Oleg Synegoubov, governor of this region bordering Russia, explained on Telegram.

On Thursday, a 54-year-old woman was also killed in the area by an explosive drone, according to the governor.

Important railway junction

Kupiansk, which had 24,000 inhabitants before the Russian invasion launched almost three years ago, had been occupied by Moscow’s forces from the first days of the war, then recaptured by the Ukrainian army during a counter-attack. lightning offensive in fall 2022.

An important railway junction in this area, it is crossed by the Oskil River, which has become the de facto front line between Russian and Ukrainian troops.

Russian forces managed to establish a bridgehead on the west bank in early January by crossing the river north of the city.

kyiv’s forces are also struggling in the eastern Donetsk region, particularly around Pokrovsk, a key city for military logistics and the coal industry.

The Russian army is only a handful of kilometers from Pokrovsk, occupying the southern and eastern flanks of the city, and is also pushing west towards the neighboring region of Dnipropetrovsk and its capital Dnipro.

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