As of March 10, 180,700 civilians remain in the territory of Donetsk Oblast controlled by Ukrainian authorities. Since the beginning of spring, 2,200 people, including 340 children, have left Donetsk Oblast.
The progress of the evacuation in the Donetsk region was discussed during a traditional briefing at the regional state administration with the participation of representatives of the Department of Civil Protection, Mobilization and Defense, the Service for Children's Affairs, and the Department of Social Protection of the Population.
The zone of active hostilities currently covers the territory of 21 communities, where about 20,000 people live. In this territory, 16 children remain in the city of Druzhkivka.
In total, there are 11,224 children in the Donetsk region. There are 117 minors in seven settlements where families with children are being forcibly evacuated. In addition to Druzhkivka, children also remain in the village of Serhiivka in the Andriivska community (26 children), in the Mykolaivska community (57 children), in Sviatohirsk and the village of Mayaky in the Sviatohirska community (18 children).
Over the past two weeks, 131 children have been evacuated from settlements where families with children are being forcibly evacuated. Sixty-five children were taken from Druzhkivka, 56 from the Mykolaiv community, eight from the village of Serhiivka, and two from the Sviatohirsk community.
Free accommodation continues to be provided to evacuees from Donetsk who have nowhere else to go. Since the beginning of the month, 84 people have been accommodated, including 11 people with reduced mobility and 19 children. They were taken to Vinnytsia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, and Zhytomyr regions for free resettlement.
People who are delaying evacuation are urged daily to make a informed decision and agree to leave the region. Currently, there are 931 people with limited mobility living alone in Donetsk region under the supervision of social workers. Less than a quarter of them are considering leaving their homes if the security situation worsens, while the rest categorically refuse to evacuate.
However, the closer a settlement is to the front line, the more difficult it is to organize evacuation from there. From the Lyman community, where 2,700 people remain, and the Kostyantynivka community, where 2,800 people live, only isolated cases of evacuation on foot are possible, overcoming an extremely dangerous road.
The most active evacuation is currently underway in Druzhkivka, where 200-300 people are being transported out every day. There are 9,500 people remaining in the Druzhkivka community.