The pro-Russian authorities of the Kharkiv region announced the failure of the evacuation due to lack of communication

According to Vitaly Ganchev, who calls himself the head of the pro-Russian administration of the Kharkiv region, many people were unable to leave the region due to lack of communication. He did not specify exactly how many potential refugees remained in the Kharkiv region.

“People were able to leave the territory, but a very large number of people remained there. The situation remains extremely difficult. Physically, they did not have time to leave, there was no communication, communication, so a fairly large number of people remained,” Mr. Ganchev said on air “Russia 24”.

Yesterday, September 13, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Timoshenko informed on the interruption of the supply of electricity in the Kharkiv region due to damage to the infrastructure. September 10 pro-Russian authorities in Kharkiv urged residents of the region to evacuate to Russia, two days later they reported the arrival of more than 5 thousand refugees on the territory of the Russian Federation. Maksim Gubin, head of the military-civilian administration of the Kupyansky district, appointed by the Russian military yesterday told about the evacuation of about 60 thousand local residents to Russia and the LPR.

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Andrey Sapozhnikov