The meeting of the Kharkiv Oblast Defence Council. Photo: Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration

Due to intensifying Russian attacks, evacuation has been announced for residents of nine villages in the Staryi Saltiv hromada in the Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv Oblast, and families with children will be evacuated on a mandatory basis. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration

Quote: "At a meeting of the Kharkiv Oblast Defence Council, a decision was made to carry out an evacuation, including the mandatory evacuation of families with children, from nine villages in the Staryi Saltiv hromada.

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