Almost 38,000 people still live in the front-line town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, including about 1,900 children.
This was stated by Vadym Filashkin, head of the military administration of the Donetsk region, on Ukrainian television, reports Ukrinform.
“Currently, 38,000 people, including almost 1,900 children, still live in the city of Pokrovsk,” said the governor of the region. He also pointed out that before the start of the full-scale war, the Pokrovsk municipality housed more than 80,000 people, including 13,000 children.
According to the governor of the region, international organizations and volunteers are helping people escape from the Pokrovsk municipality, while police officers and State Emergency Service units are evacuating people directly from the front line.
Filashkin especially thanked the Cherkasy, Poltava, Lviv, Transcarpathian regions and the city of Kropyvnytskyi, which helped the residents of the Donetsk region.
“They host our people, provide them with everything they need, and Ukrposhta pays them all the necessary funds in accordance with current legislation,” the regional governor said.
He also said that banking institutions in Pokrovsk would continue to work until the end of this week, while from Monday, September 2, only ATMs would be operational.
According to Filashkin, this also applies to the work of other institutions that provide various services to the population, because “the situation in the Pokrovsk district is very difficult.”
As reported, the front line in the Donetsk region is the longest at around 300 km. The hottest section remains the one towards Pokrovsk.
Mandatory evacuations are currently taking place in the region. Since August 20, the mandatory evacuation of children has been in effect in Pokrovsk.