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Ukraine evacuates civilians from Kupiansk as Russian forces press closer

For Yuliia Baibak the decision to evacuate came following a strike by a Russian bomb in her Kupiansk apartment. The evacuation came as Ukrainian officials declared mandatory evacuation from people's homes in Kupiansk. "Either we evacuate or we will be killed here,” Baibak told her parents. Her mother-in-law and her husband were killed in Kupiansk. Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of a key city and three other localities in northeastern Kharkiv region October 15 as Russian forces press closer and officials face difficulties in providing services through the winter. Kharkiv Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov, speaking near an evacuation centre in Kharkiv, said the evacuation order was mandatory.

first published: Oct 18, 2024 10:25 pm