People are being evacuated from Kupyansk and the surrounding villages with armored vehicles – emergency services

In the Kharkiv region, people were evacuated from the village of Kurylivka, the village of Kivsharivka, and the city of Kupyansk, the State Emergency Service reported.

“Evacuation of residents of front-line settlements continues in Kupyan region. This weekend, rescuers evacuated people from the village of Kurylivka, the village of Kivsharivka, and the city of Kupyansk, using armored vehicles,” the State Emergency Service said.

According to rescuers, residents are leaving the towns and villages of Kupyanska, Kindrashivska, Kurylivska and Petropavlovsk communities.

“Mostly elderly people and persons with disabilities needed help. People forced to leave their homes due to active hostilities are sent to intermediate evacuation points as a priority,” the department emphasized.

During the year, starting in autumn 2022, more than 67,000 local residents were evacuated from the de-occupied areas of Kherson and Kharkiv regions, the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories reported.