Governor orders evacuation of Ukraine's Kupiansk city


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  • Wednesday, 16 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: A local resident and a rescuer stand on debris of a building of local museum heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine April 25, 2023. REUTERS/Viktoriia Yakymenko/File Photo

(Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of a key city and three other localities in northeastern Kharkiv region on Tuesday as Russian forces press closer and officials face difficulties in providing services through the winter.

The order applied to Kupiansk, a rail hub lying astride the Oskil River, as well as the town of Borova, further south, near the city of Izium, another major logistics centre.

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