In Kyiv region, villages on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe

The village in the Kyiv region is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. According to residents of the town of Ivankiv, near Chernobyl, they have significant problems with access to food, electricity, and water.

On February 24, the first day of the full-scale war, Russian troops captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. As a result, residents of the surrounding areas found themselves in a crisis situation.

Residents of the village of Ivankiv talk about the lack of medicine, food, and water. Some settlements were left without electricity. Many people have lost touch with their families.

"It can be assumed that the territory is almost occupied by the Russian occupiers, in some settlements Russian soldiers open shops and rob them. People who want to go for food or medicine are sometimes just shot, all the military equipment from Chernobyl passes through the area, many people are left without their homes, they are burned or destroyed.

People are very much looking forward to the green corridor of humanitarian aid, but they no longer believe in their salvation," one of the villagers told Rubryka. For security reasons, we will not name them.

Insulin and baby food also ran out in the village.

The Russians set up a checkpoint near Ivankiv. Earlier, information was spread about the evacuation of residents, but no one was taken away. Locals say many civilians have already died.

"An elderly woman died in the basement in Ivankiv. A 25-year-old civilian was also killed by an enemy bullet in the early days of the war. The bakery stopped. They ran out of yeast. It is possible that the work will continue at the expense of products from stores. There may not be any bread in the near future," said a local.

Eyewitnesses also reported that an adult and a child were killed in the village of Dytiatky before the destruction of the Russian command post, and a doctor and another child were killed in the village of Kukhari. Like Ivankiv, Dytiatky and Kukhari are located in the Vyshhorod district, part of which, according to residents, was on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe.

To recap, the Russian military captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Due to the movement of heavy military equipment and the rise of radioactive dust, the level of radiation there has increased.

In addition, on the night of March 4, the occupiers fired on the Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. The fire started but was extinguished. Now the occupiers control the ZNPP site.