More than 16,000 people were supposed to get evacuated from the 5-kilometer border zone of the Sumy Region. Most of them decided to leave. However, there are still about 4,000 people who refuse to evacuate. The head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Hryhorov has announced this.
According to him, the evacuation from the border communities of the Sumy Region has been going on since 2023.
"The security situation in the areas near the border is dynamic - the possibility of safe departure may become more complicated. Therefore, it is vital to make decisions on evacuation from the border area in a timely manner," he wrote.
The largest share of residents who have not yet decided to evacuate is in the communities of the Shostka district.
"We discussed with the heads of the border communities of the Sumy and Shostka districts the procedure for actions in communities where people postpone the decision to evacuate, despite the persistence of security threats. The main emphasis is on clear algorithms of actions and readiness of services to work in a changing situation," said Hryhorov.
Recall that russians took half a hundred residents of a village located close to the border in the Sumy Region to russia. After that, evacuations in the region strengthened.
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