Ukraine begins compulsory evacuation of children from Donbas city

KYIV: Ukraine has begun the compulsory evacuation of children from the city of Sloviansk, in a sign that the security situation is deteriorating in one of the country’s main remaining strongholds in the Donbas area. “I signed an order for the compulsory evacuation of children from certain areas of Sloviansk that are most vulnerable to enemy strikes,” Governor Vadym ⁠Filashkin wrote on Telegram. Russian ⁠forces have been slowly advancing to the north and east of Sloviansk, and are about 20 km (12 miles) from the edge of the city at various points of the ⁠front line of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

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