Panic and deficit: NYT on the order of the Russian Federation on evacuation in the occupied south of Ukraine

According to local residents, the invaders export equipment from hospitals, and people simply discharge. Despite fear, most residents are not going to leave cities. People who live in the occupied Russian areas of southern Ukraine have described the last days, which is a shortage of everything, confusion and unknown. About it reports The New York Times.

The announcement of the occupying power about the "evacuation" of tens of thousands of civilians occurs against the background of fears, which can begin a Ukrainian counter -offensive in this direction. Journalists talked with residents of occupied villages in Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions. They said there was no fuel at the gas stations, the shelves were devastated in grocery stores, and cash ends in ATMs.

38-year-old Andrew from the occupied Kamianka-Dnestrovskaya in the Zaporozhye region says that people are discharged from hospitals, and the equipment is removed from the institutions themselves. "Then they close them. No one explains why and how long. Due to the fact that heavy battles are expected very soon, the occupiers are already forcing people to flee. The publication says that most of those who go, gets towards the uncleaned territory. However, most people still remain.

About 70,000 people are expected to be moved. However, it is unclear where they will be taken, writing journalists. Earlier, the invaders were called "evacuation" with a humanitarian gesture. Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops do not capture any movement or signs of the occupation troops. Moreover, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to expand defense fortifications. We will remind, on May 8 in Zaporizhzhya Ova stated that not only locals, but also collaborators were taken out.