DONETSK, October 27. /TASS/. Russian troops have evacuated 87 civilians from Kupyansk-Uzlovoy in the Kharkov Region, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said.

"Service members from the 153rd Tank Regiment of the 47th Tank division, led by the regimental commander, callsign Trinadtsaty, and the assault team commander, callsign Rumyn, carried out a large-scale humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians from the liberated city of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy. A group of civilians was found in the basement of an apartment building in the southern part of the city, which until recently was controlled by the enemy. Troops led by a commander with the callsign Maga used electronic warfare equipment and drones to establish a corridor stretching more than 20 kilometers, providing passage and cover along a route where Ukrainian forces had remotely planted landmines," he wrote on Telegram.

Miroshnik added that Ukrainian forces had carried out a series of mortar and drone attacks on civilians during the evacuation, causing casualties. A total of 87 people were evacuated over three days.