Lived 300 metres away from frontline: family with two children is evacuated from Toretsk – video

A family with two children has been evacuated from the town of Torestsk in Donetsk Oblast. Their house is located just 300 metres away from the frontline. The family hesitated to leave because of the grandmothers' health.

Source: the Main Directorate of the National Police of Donetsk Oblast

In the video posted by the police, the mother of the family explains that one of the grandmothers has dementia, and the other has problems with her legs. After a few minutes the police manage to convince the woman to evacuate. At the moment, a total of 17 children remain in Toretsk.

Mandatory evacuation is ongoing in Toretsk hromada due to its close proximity to the frontline [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories - ed.]. "Most adults realise the seriousness of the situation and have evacuated to safer regions with their small children. Yet there are families who refuse to evacuate.

Donetsk Oblast law enforcement visits such families to convince them," the police say.

Background: Ukraine's government wants to implement mandatory evacuation from 18 more villages in Kharkiv Oblast.

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