There are currently 172,000 civilians remaining in the parts of Donetsk Oblast controlled by Ukrainian authorities. Since early April, more than 3,300 residents have been evacuated from the region.
The progress of the evacuation in Donetsk Oblast was discussed during a regular briefing at the regional state administration, attended by representatives of the Department of Civil Protection, Mobilization and Defense, the Service for Children’s Affairs, and the Department of Social Protection.
A total of 21,400 civilians remain in the 20 communities designated as active combat zones. There are 2,500 residents remaining in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, 6,900 in Druzhkivka, and 2,500 in the Lyman community. While evacuation from Druzhkivka is proceeding actively, people are leaving Kostiantynivka on foot, or are assisted by the military when possible: due to the security situation, evacuation transport does not travel beyond Druzhkivka.
Since early April, more than 1,340 people have left their homes in the Sloviansk community, 800 from the Druzhkivka community, 420 from the Mykolaiv community, and 180 from the Kostiantynivka community.
In total, 10,100 children remain in the territory of Donetsk Oblast controlled by Ukrainian authorities. The largest number is in Kramatorsk—3,000 minors—followed by Sloviansk with 4,000 children, and the Oleksandrivka community with about 700 children.
Ten children remain in the active combat zone: two in the city of Druzhkivka, seven in the city of Mykolaivka, and one in the village of Raigorodok. Families with children are currently being forcibly evacuated from these settlements.
In total, such evacuations are taking place in six settlements, where 55 children remain. There are 36 children in certain neighborhoods of the city of Sloviansk, 7 children in the village of Serhiivka in the Andriivka community, and 2 children in the city of Sviatohirsk.
Since early April, 55 children have been evacuated from the settlements where the forced evacuation of families with children is underway: 11 children each from Druzhkivka and the Mykolaiv community, 7 from Serhiivka, 3 from Sviatohirsk, and 23 from certain neighborhoods of Sloviansk.
The evacuation continues, and Donetsk residents are urged not to delay and to make a well-considered decision to leave the dangerous area. If people have nowhere to go, they will be offered free accommodation in other regions. Since April 1, 127 residents of Donetsk Oblast have been accommodated free of charge, including 42 people with disabilities. People were placed in Zhytomyr, Rivne, Lviv, Kirovohrad, Volyn, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, and other regions, as well as in shelters run by the charity Save Ukraine, which assists in relocating families with children.