Evacuation from frontline regions of Ukraine reaches over 120,000 people in 5 months
Evacuation from frontline areas (Photo: Getty Images)
In five months, 121,500 people have been evacuated from Ukraine’s frontline areas, including around 14,000 children and nearly 4,000 people with limited mobility, according to the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine on Facebook.
The Ministry provided evacuation figures by region:
- Donetsk region - over 84,000 people evacuated;
- Dnipropetrovsk region - over 23,900 people;
- Kharkiv region - 5,100 people;
- Sumy region - over 4,000 people;
- Kherson region - 3,450 people;
- Zaporizhzhia region - over 800 people.
It is reported that 20 transit centers are currently operating in several regions of Ukraine.
At these centers, people can receive comprehensive assistance: humanitarian, medical, psychological, legal, and social. Support is provided for restoring documents, applying for payments and social services, and accessing financial aid from the government and humanitarian organizations.
The Ministry notes that after leaving a transit center, evacuees can use free temporary accommodation facilities (TAFs). There are over 1,100 TAFs across Ukraine, providing 80,500 beds for internally displaced persons (IDPs), with nearly 10% of spaces currently available.
Specialized units operate directly in frontline areas to assist with evacuations, including the State Emergency Service Phoenix teams and the National Police White Angel units.
Evacuation from the Donetsk region
According to RBC-Ukraine, following a decision by the Coordination Headquarters, mandatory evacuation of residents from the Donetsk region to the Volyn region began on May 2, 2024.
From the towns of Marinka and Ocheretyne communities in Donetsk, compulsory evacuation of children was announced. By the end of February, all children had been evacuated from these areas.
