Around 500 women and children from the town of Sloviansk ( Donetsk region), which is currently occupied by pro-Russian separatists and foreign mercenaries, will arrive in Lviv within the next two days, Lviv Regional Administration's press service reported with reference to Lviv Governor Iryna Sekh.
“We expect the arrival of 500 people, these are mainly mothers with children. We’re now deciding on their accommodation,” the press service said.
Sekh also asked heads of the region’s districts to assist in the accommodation of the refugees from Sloviansk.
Lviv region is now home to over 2,000 refugees from Crimea and 550 refugees from Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
