“We are always ready to lend a shoulder to our people in Donbass,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.

Degtyarev recalled that the region already had experience in accommodating refugees from the DPR and LPR in 2014.

“If necessary, we will promptly prepare a TAP this time as well.

Social services will be engaged in employment,” the governor summed up.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations previously reported that more than 53,000 refugees from Donbass had crossed the Russian border.

The Astrakhan Region, Altai Territory, Amur Region, and the Jewish Autonomous Region also declared their readiness to accept refugees.