A total of 39 thousand people evacuated from Sumy region - RMA

A total of 39 thousand people evacuated from Sumy region - RMA

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39,000 people, including 7,000 children, have been evacuated from the dangerous areas of Sumy Oblast. Most of the IDPs remain within the region, with only a thousand leaving.

The evacuated settlements in Sumy Oblast have already been evacuated by 39,000 people, including 7,000 children.

The head of Sumy RMA, Volodymyr Artyukh, said this on the air of the telethon.

As of today, we have evacuated 39 thousand people, including 7 thousand children. Most of them are children from the settlements where the evacuation was announced. We need to evacuate more than 100 children, I think it will happen soon

- Artyukh said.

He added that most people are moving to safer settlements in Sumy region, with only 1,000 people leaving the region.

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