Mandatory child evacuations don’t happen everywhere along the front line. Local authorities only announce such measures in specific areas when the threat becomes imminent and the conditions for a decent life are completely absent. First, they declare the need for voluntary evacuation, then mandatory. Only in extreme cases do they proceed with forced evacuations of children. In the summer of 2024, such measures became necessary in the city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast. By October, the situation there had become critical. The city had no electricity, gas, heating, or communications. Each day, …