Overview
- The Regional Defense Council approved the measure on October 14, covering 27 settlements in Velykoburlutska, six in Vilkhuvatska and seven in Shevchenkivska communities.
- Authorities plan to relocate 601 children from 409 families to safer areas.
- Officials report worsening conditions along the Kupiansk axis, with recent accounts of small Russian reconnaissance groups attempting to infiltrate.
- Kupiansk remains under Ukrainian control, yet local administrators describe a critical situation with 1,740 residents in the community and 734 in the city as of September 18.
- The order extends earlier compulsory evacuations announced in June and October 2024, when some settlements were about four kilometers from the front line.