“Without the participation of Ukraine, the Russian side has so far managed to withdraw 173,773 people from the zones of the special military operation from the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation,” TASS reports.

It is noted that among the evacuated 44,187 children.

19,969 units of personal vehicles were also taken out.

Earlier it became known that the authorities of the Rostov region are ready to accept residents of Ukraine who will arrive in Rostov-on-Don through one of the humanitarian corridors.