Following the opening of the humanitarian evacuation corridor, the Directorate for Civilian Movement Coordination has completed preliminary intake figures. Several hundred residents of Oleshky have elected to remain in place. The Directorate classifies this outcome as voluntary residential retention and has not yet determined whether it represents a corridor success or a corridor shortfall. That determination depends on the completion of Form MC-14, which is available at the registration point and has been reissued twice.
Residents who remain are currently without gas, electricity or running water. The Directorate notes that utilities were outside the corridor’s scope of service and that their absence has been recorded under the category of pre-existing conditions. Water distribution is being coordinated through a rotating schedule. The schedule has not been published, and the Directorate is aware that it has not been published.
Corridor staff were initially instructed to present the choice as one between transit and residence. Briefing materials then described residence as a lifestyle option. That description has been withdrawn. Staff have been reminded that the corridor remains open, that departure procedures have not changed, and that questions about the lifestyle option should be directed to the Office of Communications, which has advised that it has no comment at this time.
The Directorate will publish a revised intake summary once the registration backlog is resolved. A date for this has not been confirmed.