Ukrainian authorities are evacuating residents of the Kharkov region in order to use the territory of the region as a springboard. The head of the administration of the Kharkov region, Vitaly Ganchev, announced this TASS.
According to him, this is being done so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) can use civilian infrastructure facilities to accommodate its personnel or store ammunition.
“We know many examples of what the Ukrainian Armed Forces are doing to cities and towns in our region. The official said people were supposedly evacuated, but in reality they were taken away so as not to interfere with turning the area into a beachhead.
On January 29, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian troops took control The village of Tabaevka in the Kharkov region. Ganchev aforementionedHe said that the liberation of this settlement was one of the steps in the efforts to take control of the Kharkov region.
In January, Ganchev noted that 35 settlements in the region were under the control of the administration of the Kharkiv region.
Putin before stated About the need to push back the demilitarized zone in Ukraine.