UKRAINE, KHARKIV REGION, Jan. 29 — Police workers from the special unit White Angels evacuated a woman from the Velykyi Burluk community in Kharkiv oblast. She decided to evacuate after, during the night, two Russian drones hit the neighboring house, destroying it. She asked for help and was evacuated by White Angels in the morning. 

The White Angel special police unit evacuates people from communities of the Kharkiv region, threatened by Russian shelling, reported the Kharkiv Oblast’s national police.

Two man in the military unitform are flanking a woman in the winter clothes
Woman, evacuated from Velykyi Burluk community, standing near police workers from White Angels / Photo: Kharkiv national police

White Angels also evacuated an 81-year-old woman with severe health issues — she had mobility issues, was basically bedridden, and remained without electricity, water, and medical aid under the constant Russian attacks. After the explosion nearby, the woman also got injured and needed to be evacuated immediately, police said. 

She was evacuated to the Kharkiv transit coordination hub, where she gets medical help and is preparing for relocation to a nursing home. 

Police worker of White Angel special unit and a bedridden woman who is being evacuated
A police worker of White Angel special unit and a bedridden woman who is being evacuated / Photo: National police

Also, White Angels evacuated 10 more people who had to hide in the basement from one of the settlements of the Kupiansk community, in which Russian shelling left no house intact. 

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