On a visit to a temporary accommodation centre in Berdyansk, on the Sea of Azov which is connected to the Black Sea, a Reuters reporter was free to talk to evacuees and Russian-installed officials.īerdyansk has been under Russian control since Feb. The Ukrainian military, which has vowed to carry out President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's order to drive Russian forces out of all Ukrainian territory, has accused Moscow of forcibly evacuating people from the area, something Russia denies. Kyiv says it does not shell its own civilians, something it accuses Russia of doing, which Moscow in turn denies. Reuters was unable to independently verify Balitsky's assertions. Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed acting governor of the region which Moscow has claimed as its own, said what he called the temporary relocation of people - and especially families with children - to safer areas was due to increased Ukrainian shelling of 18 settlements near the frontline. The minors, accompanied by at least one parent or guardian, were evacuated this month by Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region - which houses Europe's largest nuclear power plant - ahead of a long-expected Ukrainian counter-offensive. BERDYANSK, Russian-controlled Ukraine, May 12 (Reuters) - At a temporary accommodation centre in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk children evacuated from towns and villages near the frontline between Russian and Ukrainian forces play outside on bikes as if nothing was amiss.
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