RFE: Ukraine Orders Evacuations Near Kupyansk Amid Russian Shelling; Drone Attack Reported In Pskov
Ukrainian authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of residents near the frontline city of Kupyansk in eastern Ukraine as Russian shelling continued to take a civilian toll in the region and as U.S. leaders announced a new tranche of military assistance to aid Kyiv in its fight against the invasion.
Meanwhile, officials in Russia in the early hours of August 30 said a drone attack in the northwestern city of Pskov had forced the closure of the local airport, Russian media reported. Details remained unclear, but authorities said the drone attack was repelled with no injures but that four military planes were damaged.
The past 24 hours marked another bloody day in the war, with deadly attacks reported on civilian areas and heavy fighting reported in the east and south of Ukraine.
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WNU editor: The Western media focus is on Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south,. But Russia's counteroffensive in north-east Ukraine continues to progress, and these evacuations orders from Kyiv do not surprise me.
What also dos not surprise me is Oleh Syniehubov, the Kharkiv regional governor, admitting to the Guardian that most residents in this region are refusing to leave, blaming that most were not necessarily pro-Russian but rather often clinging on to “their basic ancestral home” where “all their relatives and family live”. .... ‘I couldn’t take it any more’: holdouts quit Kupiansk after renewed Russian shelling (The Guardian). More here .... An evacuation order finds few followers in northeastern Ukraine despite Russia's push in the region (AP).
I know this part of Ukraine. The vast majority of these people have always identified themselves as Russians or as Russians living in the territory of Ukraine.
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