Residents of Dnipropetrovsk region are leaving their homes en masse because of the Russian army’s offensive

A resident of Dnipropetrovsk region named Yulia reported a mass exodus of people from local villages due to the advancing front line and the Russian offensive.

Yulia shared her account of the situation on TikTok.

According to her, many people who had their own businesses are abandoning their land, enterprises, and trade, and leaving—becoming homeless.

“Everyone is already leaving. In my circle, 80% had some kind of business. These were shops, sales, cafés, or people who simply grew vegetables for sale… And now everyone is leaving. People instantly become homeless: without housing, without work, without anything,” the woman said.

She pointed out the difference between the current situation and the events of 2022. In her view, three years ago everything happened suddenly, but now it is a “deliberate surrender of land.”

“How, in the fourth year of the war, could such a breakthrough be allowed in Dnipropetrovsk region?.. From my house [to the front line] it is only 13 kilometers. And from us to the border with Donetsk region it is about 35 kilometers,” Yulia reported.

According to her, Russian forces have already advanced 16–20 kilometers into the region’s territory. Ukrainian maps show a 15-kilometer breakthrough.