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Police evacuate all children from 12 frontline villages in Donetsk Region

A total of 345 children have been moved to safer areas.

Police evacuate all children from 12 frontline villages in Donetsk Region
Photo: National Police

Police evacuated all children from 12 frontline settlements, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has said.

"Three hundred forty-five children together with their families were rescued during yet another stage of mandatory evacuation in Donetsk Region. Not a single child was left in such settlements as Zalizne, New York and Pivnichne (Bakhmut District), Yampil, Torske, Zarichne, Orikhuvatka, Nikanorivka, Malynivka, Tykhonivka, Vasyutynske, Rai-Oleksandrivka (Kramatorsk District)," Klymenko said.

Mass evacuation of children is also planned in the Toretsk and Maryinka communities in Donetsk Region. Children will be taken to safer places after the relevant documents are approved by the Ministry for Reintegration.

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