The Government of Ukraine will introduce mandatory evacuation of residents of unoccupied areas in the Donetsk region before the start of the heating season.
Source: Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk
Vereshchuk headed the headquarters for the evacuation of residents of the Donetsk region. According to her, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to create the headquarters on July 29.
Deputy Prime Minister, Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, appealed to the government to create such a headquarters at the state level.
Vereshchuk emphasized that if someone refuses to evacuate, he will be forced to sign a refusal form, that he understands all the consequences and is responsible for his life.
“There is no gas supply in the Donetsk region, we repaired all the gas pipelines that could be repaired, but, unfortunately, the enemy destroys, again and again, everything that would help to warm people in winter. Article 33 of the Code on Civil Protection of the Population speaks of such a form of evacuation as mandatory. I believe that this is the duty of every adult family member.
There are 52,000 children in the Donetsk region, they need to be evacuated, they cannot be exposed to mortal danger in the winter without heat, without light, without the possibility of heating.”
