At least 70 civilians managed to leave Luhansk region today

Serhiy Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

“The Russians disrupted evacuation from Lysychansk… During the ‘ceasefire’, the Russian army opened fire on the center of Lysychansk. Of course, local residents decided to stay in bomb shelters at that time. The evacuation was actually disputed because only one person was evacuated. However, 42 residents of Severodonetsk, 11 residents of Rubizhne, and 14 residents of Kreminna were removed to safer places. Six people left Popasna,” the governor wrote.

Overall, 32,000 civilians have been evacuated from Luhansk region since the Russian invasion began.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been shelling and destroying key infrastructure facilities, conducting massive shelling of residential areas of Ukrainian cities and villages using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.