"The children went on vacation and did not return from there, and the parents were forced to go to the territory of Ukraine, even if they did not want to. Then, after a while, the forced evacuation of children by the White Angel and Phoenix services began, "she told RIA Novosti.
According to the interlocutor of the agency, the servicemen traveled to addresses and basements in search of children and took the children out by force.
"If the parents agreed, they could go with them. If the parents were against it, they took the children away. Therefore, we had a period when we simply hid our children," Tkachenko explained.
She noted that a four-year-old girl was hidden from her.
Earlier, the Ukrainian edition of Ukrinform reported that the Kiev authorities decided to forcibly evacuate children from Ukrainian-controlled Slavyansk.
The acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, expressed the opinion that the West is pushing Kiev to counteroffensive, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being drawn to the front reserves, including those trained in Europe.