Russians are hitting every day, or even several times a day: shelling intensifies in the Slavyansk community

Due to the constant pressure of the Russians on the contact line, Russian shelling has noticeably intensified in the community, the head of the Slavyansk city military administration Vadim Lyakh reported.

As of now, about 50 thousand people remain in the Slavyansk community, 4.8 thousand of them are children.

Evacuation is currently underway from the community, which has increased slightly due to the shelling, but not significantly.

“If earlier we had about 10 people leaving per week, this is according to official data, now it is possible 20 people,” says Vadim Lyakh. “There is currently an evacuation program in the region, we are taking people with the help of charitable organizations. A person calls our hotline or the regional one and says when they would like to leave and comes to the collection point. Or there is evacuation from home, this concerns the socially vulnerable category of the population.

According to the head of the Slavyansk city military administration, people are then taken to a hub, currently the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region, where people receive financial assistance and, if necessary, psychological and medical assistance.

“Then, if people want free evacuation, they go where there are places. These are usually western regions, we cannot say specifically, because every day it can be a different region, starting from Vinnytsia and ending with Zakarpattia,” says Vadym Lyakh. “We evacuate people to Lozova by buses, and then by trains. We take people with limited mobility by special transport.”