Ukraine evacuates children from Donetsk to protect them from Russian shelling

Ukraine is evacuating 126 children from about twenty cities in the Donetsk region in connection with heavy fighting in the east of the country with Russia, where mercenaries from the Wagner Group are reported to have advanced into the center of Bakhmut and the area of ​​the Avdiivka bastions and Maryinka.

At a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk, “the mandatory evacuation of 126 children from 21 cities in the Donetsk region, where the security situation remains critical,” was approved, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Occupied Territories reports on Telegram. .

Evacuation from the war zone

This structure, headed by Vereshchuk, indicated that five patrols of the Ministry of Internal Affairs would carry out the evacuation. Ukraine known as the “White Angels”, who specialize in transporting children living in war zones in armored personnel carriers.

Minors to whom the state will provide housing and material and psychological assistance must be accompanied by at least one parent or legal representative.

The evacuation coincides with accusations that Russia illegally deported minors Ukrainewhich Moscow categorically denies.

Russia announced the day before that her presidential commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of alleged deportation of minors, was to speak via videoconference at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council.

The UK blocked the broadcast of the meeting on UN television, after which Russia he accused London and Washington of being “afraid of the truth”.

“Here is his attachment to freedom of speech,” ironically Russia’s representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya.

“The truth is that these children were evacuated from the war zones instigated by the criminal regime of Kiev, it is that during the nine years of the war, Kiev was not interested in the fate of these children and put their lives in such a deliberate and systematic danger,” — he added.

Moreover, he denied that Russia has given minors up for adoption or is preventing the reunification of those who have families in Ukraine.

Difficult situation in Donbass

Meanwhile, Zelenskiy, in a press briefing in Warsaw alongside Polish President Andrzej Duda, acknowledged the “continuous attacks by Russian heavy artillery” in Bakhmut and the “lack of ammunition” faced by Ukrainian defenders in the partially occupied city. Wagner mercenaries.

According to the American Institute for War Research (ISW), the geo-located images “indicate that Russian troops have likely moved south of Bakhmut closer to the Avangard stadium.”

In addition, the MSZ has confirmed that Russian troops are persistently trying to encircle the city, fighting near the settlements of Orikhovo-Vasilyovka (11km to the northwest), Khromovo (2km to the west) and Ivanovskoye (6km to the west). .

For its part, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its daily report stated that the Ukrainian army repelled more than 60 attacks by Russian troops in the areas of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Maryinka and Liman, located in Donetsk.

Ukraine is preparing a counteroffensive

However, the Ukrainians do not lose heart: the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said today in an interview with the Ukrainian portal HB that “the counteroffensive will be and its goal will be to weaken and break through the enemy’s defenses.”

head of security Ukraine He refrained from giving a specific date for the counteroffensive, noting that it depends on various factors, including the weather, but expressed confidence in an early victory.

“I think that this war will end soon. It is clear that I would like it never to start, but personally I think that this will be a year of victory,” he said.

For his part, Zelensky assured during his visit to Warsaw that “there are no compromises in this war: we will not give up our territory, our freedom or our children,” and also stressed that the war his country is fighting is fought on the defensive. “Europe and Freedom”.
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(As reported by EFE)

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