People completely evacuated from 19 settlements in Sumy Oblast

The population of 19 settlements in Sumy Oblast located within 5 km of the Russian border has been completely evacuated. Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration (OMA) in a comment to Suspilne, a Ukrainian public broadcaster Details: The Sumy OMA specified that these 19 settlements are located in Nova Sloboda, Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Shalyhyne and Esman hromadas [an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories - ed.].

In total, residents of settlements within a 5-km zone in 4 districts - 15 hromadas in Sumy Oblast - are subject to evacuation.

The total number of people is 12,689, including 712 children. The number of evacuated people who moved to other hromadas in Sumy Oblast stood at 3,679, including 679 children, as of early December 2023. Background: 

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