Authorities carry out mandatory evacuation of children from 23 settlements in Kherson Oblast

Ukrainian authorities decided to carry out mandatory evacuation of 802 children from 23 settlements in Kherson Oblast due to the difficult security situation.

Source: Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine on Telegram

Quote: "The members of the Coordinating Staff unanimously supported the Kherson Oblast Military Administration’s decision on mandatory evacuation of the population under martial law.

The mandatory evacuation of 802 children from 23 settlements in Kherson Oblast was approved due to the difficult security situation there. [Children will be evacuated] from Beryslav, Kakhovka, and Kherson districts.

Evacuation is being carried out free of charge by rail and bus transport, in particular to Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Lviv oblasts.

In addition, about 100 children are planned to be settled in one of the sanatoriums in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast."

Details: The Ministry of Reintegration indicated that evacuated children accompanied by one of their parents or a legal guardian "will be provided with benefits, free shelter, humanitarian aid, psychological support, etc".

Three evacuation assembly points and five evacuation reception points have been deployed to evacuate people from Kherson Oblast.

The ministry advised contacting representatives of local authorities regarding evacuation from Kherson Oblast by calling this hotline: 0 800 330 951.

Background: 

• The Ministry of Reintegration previously reported that about 250 children will be mandatorily evacuated from eight settlements in Bakhmut and Pokrovsk districts of Donetsk Oblast and taken to Zhytomyr Oblast.

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