"Prepare provocation": Colonel of the Armed Forces spoke of "evacuation" in the Zaporozhye region

According to Anatoly Stefan, Russian invaders are covered by children and women who are forcibly taken to recreation centers off the coast. The mass "evacuation" of civilians from temporarily occupied settlements of Zaporizhzhya region may indicate the preparation of provocation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On May 5, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anatoly Stefan wrote on Telegram.

According to the commander, the Russians forcibly take out Ukrainian women and children from their homes to recreation centers off the coast, intending to cover them. He noted that these actions are "another insidious step of the enemy. " The colonel also noted that most of the aforementioned bases were occupied by representatives of the occupying power, law enforcement agencies and Russian military commanders.

"I officially announce that the defense units do not fire to places where there are civilians. Most likely, terrorists prepare provocation with the shelling of objects where women and children are," Anatoly Stefan said. It should be reminded that on May 5, a representative of the occupying power in the Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balytsky declared "evacuation" of locals from 18 occupied settlements.

According to him, families with children, the elderly, the disabled and patients of medical institutions will be exported. On the same day, the national resistance center noted that collaborators, members of occupation administrations and their families were also preparing to leave temporarily occupied southern regions of Ukraine. Thus, in Zaporozhye a plan of departure of mentioned persons to the Crimea has already been developed.