UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jul 24 — As of today, 32 families have been evacuated from the Vovchansk community and 40 from the Borova community in the Kharkiv region, reported Oleh Syniehubov, Kharkiv Oblast Governor, on Ukrainian TV.

Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast come under massive Russian artillery shelling and air strikes often, even more so since Russia launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the region in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi directions in May.

Syniehubov said that 168 children remain in Vovchansk and Borova communities.

“The evacuation is currently ongoing. It is quite large-scale, and we plan to complete it in a few months,” added Syniehubov.

Currently, people are evacuating from 38 settlements of five districts of the Kharkiv region, that are shelled by Russians constantly.

“Unfortunately, we record that sometimes locals change their place of residence within the same community that suffers from shelling,” Syniehubov said.

In his opinion, they are trying to avoid mandatory evacuation and endanger themselves and their children.

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