The situation is dire, as the Ukrainian armed forces now control only 80 square kilometers of Russian territory, facing overwhelming forces from Russia and North Korea.

On March 22, the NGO Proliska utilized two minibuses to reach Krasnopillia, where the population has plummeted from 7,000 to just 300 due to the conflict.

Krasnopillia, a town that has endured consistent bombardment from Russian aviation for a week, is a focal point of these evacuations.

Denis Naoumov, a 33-year-old volunteer with Proliska, leads daily evacuations from the eastern region of Ukraine, beginning his efforts at 4 a.m. from a gas station in Sumy.

The ongoing war in Ukraine has led to dangerous volunteer evacuations of civilians from bombed areas near the Russian border.

The Sumy region, located in northeast Ukraine and bordering the Russian region of Kursk, has seen Ukrainian forces occupy a small area near the city of Sudzha since August 2024.