@irinaliakh

As russian troops move closer, their attacks intensify, and cases of indiscriminate drone strikes on civilians grow by the day, active evacuations continue in many frontline cities and villages in the Donetsk region, carried out by evacuation NGOs and volunteers who receive daily requests. While working on the ground, we joined forces with the incredible organization East SOS on evacuation missions. People are calling their hotline every day, and they are currently receiving many requests from different communities like Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, and Dobropillia, just to name a few some of you might have heard of, but they cover other locations as well. Civilians are facing daily shelling, artillery strikes, guided aerial bombs, and russians hunting both pedestrians and civilian cars with FPV drones. Every day, evacuation teams risk their lives to reach all civilians who submit a request, including many elderly people and those who have lost their homes due to shelling (the home of the gentleman we evacuated that day was struck by a drone, which prompted his decision to leave). The current curfew in many locations is from 3 pm to 11 am, which means civilians have only four hours a day to be outside, during the period when russians tend to attack less frequently (it doesn’t mean the attacks don’t happen; there is still a huge risk, and even getting food can be a task that might cost you your life). In many towns closest to the frontlines, going outside is not an option anymore, as russians are targeting anything that moves. Yet many civilians remain in those towns, and evacuation teams make efforts to get them once they submit a request. It’s extremely dangerous, as many clearly marked vehicles are attacked by FPV drones - yet another violation of humanitarian laws, though such laws don’t exist for russians.

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