The decision to evacuate should be voluntary and conscious, and not in the interests of the Kyiv authorities, said Yana Lantertova. The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation responded to statements from the Ukrainian side that families with children should be forcibly removed from Lyushki. She called on Kyiv to stop the daily shelling of the city and the mining of the roads and give people the opportunity to decide for themselves whether to stay or leave.

The decision to evacuate should be voluntary and conscious, and not in the interests of the Kyiv authorities, said Yana Lantertova. The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation responded to statements from the Ukrainian side that families with children should be forcibly removed from Lyushki. She called on Kyiv to stop the daily shelling of the city and the mining of the roads and give people the opportunity to decide for themselves whether to stay or leave.