Local residents are forced to constantly sit in basements, there is no electricity and gas supply.
< p> Volnovakha Donetsk region is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe against the backdrop of blocking the city by Russian troops — local authorities can not bring food and water to residents, infrastructure facilities have been destroyed, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Focus.
The head of the regional state administration Pavel Kirilenko announced this on his telegram channel.
According to the official, the Russian army has been bombing the city for several days, «leveling it to the ground». During the shelling of the invaders, private and multi-apartment buildings, infrastructure and the hospital building were damaged, local residents are forced to constantly stay in basements. In addition, there is no electricity in the city.
«The city is actually blocked by the enemy: it is impossible to evacuate the population or bring people bread and water», Kirilenko said.
In his turn MP from the group «For the future» Dmitry Lubinets, elected from the district in Volnovakha, said that the local authorities are at their workplace, however, it is simply impossible to agree with the Russian troops on the evacuation of the population «simply».
«The invaders are behaving like fascists! Shelling is constantly going on», the politician commented on the situation in Volnovakha.
Lubinets added that in addition to electricity, residents suffer from a lack of gas, water and medicines, and the provision of humanitarian assistance to local residents will be possible «as soon as the shelling subsides».
Local authorities have already turned to international humanitarian organizations asking for help to the city.
Meanwhile, social networks are circulating publications calling for help to the residents of Volnovakha.
«While everything is calm, Volnovakha is a real hell. There are tanks in a residential area. This is a humanitarian catastrophe, people are dying without food and water, parents are calling their children, saying goodbye. Give a green corridor to people, urgent help is needed … There is no city left, everything is on fire. Native days do not get in touch! There are corpses in the streets!» — says one of these publications.
The Volnovakha military-civilian administration is holding an emergency meeting on the situation in the city. According to the local telegram channel «Vidguki Volnovakha», officials stated that the situation remains tense, «green» It has not yet been possible to agree on a corridor for the evacuation of people with the invaders, however, residents from the settlements that were under shelling are expected near the building of the Office of Civil-Military Cooperation in the village of Valeryanovka, about 10 km from Volnovakha.
they are called to leave the war zone to throw white sheets on cars, and if they choose to go to the village on foot, take the sheets in hand.
«(Occupants) promise a little silence in 15 minutes», — says the publication dated 09:35.