Russian soldiers write that they removed the first group of refugees from the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region. DEA Novosti.
It is reported that about 100 people, including 10 children, participated in the event.
A column of buses filled with refugees crossed the border and entered the Belgorod region through the Verigovka-Chugunovka automobile checkpoint. It was transported on the territory of Ukraine, accompanied by cars of the military police of the Russian Federation and Russian helicopters.
According to refugees, Izyum is under constant fire from Ukrainian troops.
Former Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declarationHe reported that the Russian army took control of the village of Kamenka, one of the strongest fortified areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, near Izyum.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The president described the purpose of the operation as “protecting people who have been subjected to eight years of bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime”. The decision to run the operation was the reason for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.