MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. Ukraine’s authorities have announced mandatory evacuation of children from Kiev-controlled areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Kherson Region.

Thus, the Ukrainian ministry of reintegration said on its Telegram channel on Monday that around 250 children accompanied by one of their parents or a legally authorized caretaker are to be evacuated from eight DPR settlements controlled by Ukrainian troops. Forty-one children have already been taken to what they call a "humanitarian hub" to be further accommodated in the Zhitomir Region.

The military administration of the Kiev-controlled part of the Kherson Region told the Strana media outlet that minors are to be mandatorily evacuated from 21 settlements on the right bank of the Dnieper River.