The key facts
- Over three days, 87 civilians who had been in the basement of an apartment building were evacuated from Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi
- The exit route, more than 20 km long, was remotely mined; electronic warfare units and drone operators provided cover
- According to Rodion Miroshnik, mortars and drone attacks were used during the evacuation, and there are wounded
Evacuation under fire
In Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, Kharkiv region, Russian servicemen evacuated 87 civilians over three days; they had been in the combat zone. As reported by Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry,the people were found in the basement of an apartment building in the south of the city.
A mined route and attacks on the column
To bring the people out, the servicemen had to organize a passage more than 20 kilometers long along a route that, according to the source, had been remotely mined by Ukrainian forces. The evacuation was covered by electronic warfare units and drone operators.
Wounded and the context of road mining
According to the diplomat, during the civilians' withdrawal Ukrainian forces used mortars and attacked people with drones; there are wounded. Life.ru also recalls a report from the Russian Defense Ministry: over a week, engineering units of the Dnepr troop group cleared more than 300 mines on the approach roads to Alyoshky in Kherson region, where, according to the ministry, roads are being remotely mined with drones, hindering the evacuation of residents and the delivery of food and medicine. This information comes from the Russian side; the publication contains no independent confirmation.
