According to him, men “are given the opportunity to take their family out behind the wheel.”

“If he wants to go on a bus with women and children, this is wrong ... it’s better for him to stay in the republic for the moment,” RIA Novosti quotes Pushilin.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR announced the planned evacuation of about 700 thousand people from the republic to Russia.

Prior to this, the head of the DPR, in an address to residents, said that in connection with the dangerous situation in the Donbass, from February 18, the departure of the population to Russia was organized.