While President Vladimir Putin declared that civilians should be evacuated from the Jeresson region, which Russia occupies as a result of an anti-Ukrainian attack, the Russian government has continued to do so.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the evacuation of “more than five thousand” civilians “daily” from their homes “towards the other bank of the Dnibro River” and deployed scenes showing soldiers directing queues of cars towards the eastern bank of the river.
Russian forces started urging residents of Jesson to flee in the middle of October and promised to fortify the city’s centre in time for an impending Ukrainian onslaught.
“Those who are currently living in Jiusson should be removed from the most dangerous fighting areas,” Putin said during a brief ceremony on the occasion of the Russian National Unity Day in the Red Square in Moscow.
“Bombing, attack, counter-attack, or other attacks should not cause harm to the civilian population,” he stressed.
Western countries urged Russia to extend an agreement that allows a safe passage of grain shipments from Ukraine, to avoid a global food crisis, knowing that its effects end on November 19.
After suspending its participation in the agreement for four days due to an attack on its fleet in the Black Sea in the Crimea, Russia resumed its implementation of it on Wednesday after returning and threatening to withdraw once more. The agreement was reached under the auspices of the United Nations and Turkey last July.
Every day, Russia announces the evacuation of thousands of civilians from Miuluson, Ukraine.
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