The evacuation of children from 28 settlements in Donetsk Region continues, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
Twenty evacuation teams of police and the State Emergency Service are involved in the evacuation of children from the Lyman, Illinivsk, Myrnohrad, Hrodiv, Novohrodiv, Selydivsk and Kurakhiv territorial communities. Among them: "White Angels", police paramedics together with SES employees, "Phoenix" evacuation teams, patrol officers and representatives of military administrations.
Children are evacuated exclusively in armoured vehicles with special protection - helmets and bulletproof vests.
Children are evacuated only with the consent of their parents or other legal representatives and accompanied by at least one parent (this right can be transferred to another relative or guardianship authorities).
Over the past 24 hours, 372 families with 481 children have left the danger zone.
In total, 2462 families with 3903 children are to be evacuated.