There are still 205,500 civilians living in the government-controlled areas of Donetsk region. Among them are 14,188 children. Over the past week, about 500 people have left the Donetsk region on their own or have been evacuated.
The evacuation in Donetsk Oblast was discussed at a traditional briefing at the regional state administration with the participation of representatives of the Department for Civil Protection, Mobilization and Defense, the Service for Children and the Department of Social Protection.
There are still 16,700 people living in the 20 communities recognized as the area of active hostilities. This was reported by Dmytro Petlin, head of the department of operational and duty service, communication, warning and informing the population of the Department for Civil Protection, Mobilization and Defense Work. There are no children on this territory.
Of the more than 14,000 minors who are currently staying in Donetsk Oblast, most are school-age children. This was stated by Yulia Ryzhakova, Head of the Service for Children. As of the beginning of October 2025, 1186 children aged from birth to three years inclusive, 919 children aged from 4 to 6 years inclusive and 12,333 children aged from 7 to 18 years were registered in the government-controlled territory of Donetsk region.
In four settlements of three communities, where the evacuation of families with children continues, 1163 children remain. There are 1155 children in Druzhkivka, and 5 children in Zavydove-Kudasheve village of Kryvyi Rih community.
Since October 2, three new settlements have been added to the list of those where forced evacuation of families with children has been announced. These are settlements of the Kramatorsk community. In the village of Semenivka, there are no more children. In the village of Novoselivka - 1 child, in the village of Vasylivska Pustosh - 2 children.
Over the past week, 186 children have been evacuated from those settlements where the forced evacuation of families with children continues. Three children were evacuated from Kryvyi Rih community. From two villages of the Kramatorsk community - 12 children, from the city of Druzhkivka - 171 children.
Active resettlement of Donetsk residents outside the region continues. This was reminded by Dmitry Pozharsky, head of the social services division of the Department of Social Protection.
Over the past week, 94 people have been resettled, including 24 people with limited mobility and disabilities, as well as 13 children, including two with disabilities. The evacuated residents of Donetsk are being centrally resettled in Rivne and Kirovohrad regions. Last week, 40 people were sent to Rivne region for resettlement. Donetsk residents were also resettled in Odesa, Lviv, Poltava, Chernihiv and other regions. In cooperation with the Poltava Regional State Administration, 10 people with limited mobility from Donetsk Oblast were accommodated in a geriatric facility in Poltava.
The situation at transit points has changed. Currently, up to 40% of evacuees from Donetsk region pass through the transit point in Dnipropetrovska oblast, and the main load is from evacuees from the dangerous areas of Dnipropetrovska oblast.
In Kharkiv region, up to 200 people pass through the transit point every day, most of whom have somewhere else to go. The capacity of the transit point is to accommodate up to 180 people at a time. But, for example, yesterday only 50 people stayed there overnight.