The occupiers refuse to allow Ukrainians who want to leave the occupied territory of the Luhansk region through Zaporozhye to another territory of Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the Lugansk OVA Artem Lysogor in Telegram.

" across the collision line no. We tried to work out this situation somehow with the enemy, to make a corridor through Zaporozhye so that civilians could go out. However, representatives of the “governments” of these informal republics and Russia categorically refuse to negotiate either with our state bodies or with humanitarian organizations,” Lysogor said..

Today, according to him, Ukrainians are trying to leave the controlled territory from the occupied part of the Luhansk region through Russia to Europe, and then to Ukraine.

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“But there are many questions there, because this path is generally closed for men, because they are immediately taken to “service”, to the war against Ukraine, at checkpoints, in order to use them as manpower..

And in general it is very expensive.. Yes, if you go through Russia to Europe, it costs about 500 or 700 euros to be transported, and there is no guarantee,” said Lysogor.

Parts of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine have been under occupation for more than a year. Russia is trying to integrate these territories into its own economic space in order to weaken their ties with Ukraine. Read more about how Ukrainians live under occupation in the article "