A Ukrainian serviceman fires a Caesar self-propelled howitzer at Russian troops, outdoors the city of Pokrovsk, amid the Russian assault on Ukraine, in Donetsk area, Ukraine. File | Photograph credit score: Reuters
Ukraine on Monday ordered the evacuation of households with youngsters from Pokrovsk, as Russian forces have been advancing in the direction of the japanese metropolis for months.
“We’re starting the compelled evacuation of households with youngsters from the Pokrovsk group,” stated Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin, ordering the “necessary” evacuation of kids and their mother and father from Pokrovsk and a dozen surrounding villages.
He stated greater than 53,000 individuals dwell within the space, together with practically 4,000 youngsters.
Filashkin known as the choice to evacuate “crucial and inevitable.”
Pokrovsk sits on the intersection of a key freeway supplying Ukrainian troops and cities on the Jap Entrance and has lengthy been a goal for the Russian navy.
Russia’s Protection Ministry stated on Sunday (August 18, 2024) that its forces had captured Svyrydonivka, one other frontline settlement about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pokrovsk.
The top of Pokrovsk’s navy administration, Sergiy Dobryak, warned final week that Russia was simply over 10 kilometers from the outskirts of the town and urged remaining residents to evacuate.
