Ukrainian Rescue Teams Evacuate Civilians From War-Torn City as Russian Forces Target Survivors

Rescue teams in a devastated Ukrainian city are conducting evacuations of civilians who have finally agreed to leave areas destroyed by Russian bombardment. The city has been left without electricity, gas, heating, or running water, with minimal food supplies and few intact buildings remaining. Rescue workers are going door-to-door, looking into windows and shouting "evacuation" from balconies to convince remaining residents to leave. According to reporting by The New York Times, the situation has become so dire that survivors are forced to scavenge through garbage to survive, while Russian forces continue to target civilians in what witnesses describe as hunting behavior. The evacuation efforts represent a desperate attempt to save those who have endured months of bombardment in a city where normal life has become impossible.