Evacuations continue in eastern Ukraine
Eastern Ukraine, now a priority target of the Kremlin, is trying to evacuate its civilian population, before a new Russian offensive expected despite new American sanctions “devastating” against Moscow.
“We managed to evacuate more than 1,200 people today”, said Wednesday Serhi Haidai, governor of the Luhansk region (east), still under Ukrainian control. This official specified that all these evacuations had been carried out in the absence of any ceasefire and under very difficult conditions due to the intense bombardments of the Russian forces.
“I’m asking people to evacuate, because we clearly see that before going on the all-out offensive, the enemy is just going to completely destroy all these places”he had launched in an interview with Ukrainian television. “Please Go” while there is still time.
These evacuations are made during brief lulls, or are made impossible as in Popasna, south of Sievierodonetsk, where the intensity of the bombardments prevented any operation with the inhabitants of this locality of the Luhansk region, according to Mr. Haïdaï.