Ukraine's president has announced a mandatory evacuation of people in the Donetsk region, amid fierce fighting with Russia
Ukraine's president has announced a mandatory evacuation of people in the Donetsk region, amid fierce fighting with Russia.said hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in the larger Donbas region also needed to leave.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".A firefighter works at a compound of a market destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Bakhmut, Pic: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Reuters
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.The announcement comes amid continued attacks within the region, including one on a prison in Olenivka, in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region.
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