Horlivka authorities decide to evacuate city

DONETSK. March 6 (Interfax) - The evacuation of women, children and elderly people from the city of Horlivka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) will begin on March 8 due to the continuing shelling of the city, Horlivka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said.

"In light of the continuing shelling of the city by Ukrainian armed units, centralized evacuation of women, children and senior citizens to the safe areas in the territory of the Russian Federation will be organized starting on March 8," Prikhodko wrote on his social network pages on Sunday.