Russian invaders are taking away civilians from the front-line areas of the Zaporizhzhia region.

The Russian occupation administration reported about this.

According to Andriy Kozenko, the so-called vice-prime-minister of the occupation administration of the Zaporizhzhia region, a partial evacuation of the local population has been announced in the occupied territories. It is planned to bring out of the region up to 70,000 people.

The invaders explain their decision by pointing out the possible start of a counteroffensive operation by the Ukrainian army on the territory of the region.

In general, it is planned to organize the relocation of residents from the following settlements: Tymoshivka, Smirnovo, Tarasivka, Orlyanske, Molochansk, Kuibysheve, Pryshyb, Tokmak, Mala Bilozerka, Vasylivka, Velyka Bilozerka, Dniprorudne, Mykhailivka, Kamianka-Dniprovska, Enerhodar, Polohy, Konski Rozdory and Rozivka.

According to the head of the occupation administration, displacement has already begun in the Polohy district.

On the streets of occupied Berdyansk, Russian loudspeakers are already announcing the evacuation of the local population.