More than 50,000 children and 200,000 adults have to leave Ukraine’s Donetsk region during an evacuation.
Kyiv’s intentions lie with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk calling for a mass evacuation after President Volodymyr Zelensky did so in his address to the nation.
“Those who are going to evacuate should call the local administrations or write online in chatbots. People who come for evacuation will be picked up and transported to the place of evacuation. It can be a bus or a train,” assures Vereshchuk .
The Deputy Prime Minister assures that all mistakes from previous evacuations have been taken into account, people will receive both first medical aid and financial aid, as well as a certificate for internally displaced persons.
“We understand that someone does not want to evacuate. For these people, there is a certain format of refusal. There is personal responsibility. But I repeat: there will be no gas, no heating, no electricity,” said Vereshchuk.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also said that the evacuation was necessary. The authorities obliged residents of the Donetsk region to evacuate.
“Everything is organized, full escort, full assistance. All that is needed is a decision of the people themselves. Go, we will help you. We are not Russia, for us every life is important,” added the Ukrainian president.
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