16 January 2024 at 10:39 Ukraine orders the evacuation of civilians in more than 20 villages The authorities in Kharkiv county in north-east Ukraine have ordered the evacuation of more than 20 villages. It affects over 3,000 inhabitants in villages near Kupjansk, a railway town that Russian forces are trying to capture. The reason given is the escalation of Russian attacks in the area. – Given the security situation, we have introduced mandatory evacuation of the residents of the local communities of Kindrasjivska and Kurylivska in the Kupjansk district, writes Kharkiv’s regional governor on social media on Tuesday. On Tuesday, a state of emergency was also declared in the city of Voronezh in southern Russia after, according to the Russian authorities, two children were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack. (NTB)
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