Ukraine: Zelensky Orders Immediate Evacuation Of People In Donetsk As War Intensifies

Mr Zelensky has ordered an immediate evacuation of people in the Donetsk region as the Russian offensive heightened.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky has announced an immediate evacuation of people in the Donetsk region, amid fierce fighting with Russia.

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The announcement comes amid continued attacks within the region, including one on a prison in Olenivka, in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region.

In his nightly address, Volodymyr Zelensky said hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in the larger Donbas region also needed to leave.
Mr Zelensky said the sooner people leave “the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill”.

He said: “Full support, full assistance – both logistical and payments. We only need a decision from the people themselves, who have not yet made it for themselves. Go, we will help”.

Separately, Ukrainian media quoted deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk as saying the evacuation needed to take place before winter begins as the region’s natural gas supplies had been destroyed.

Donetsk has seen fierce fighting in recent days, particularly in the eastern town of Bakhmut, which is the focus of thee Russian offensive in the Donbas.

Officials from Russia and the separatist authorities in Donetsk said the attack killed 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war and wounded 75.

Ukraine accused Russia of deliberately shelling the prison to cover up torture and executions there. Russia blamed Ukraine for the attack.

South of Bakhmut, Ukraine’s military said Russian forces had been “partially successful” in establishing control over the settlement of Semyhirya by storming it from three directions.

Despite attacks in the Donbas region, UK defence and intelligence officials have portrayed Russian forces as struggling to maintain momentum in the war.

The Ministry of Defence said on Saturday that the Kremlin is growing “desperate”, adding that it has lost tens of thousands of soldiers.

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MI6 chief Richard Moore also said Russia was “running out of steam” in its assault on Ukraine.

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