“Without any participation of the Ukrainian side, 10,617 people were evacuated from dangerous regions of Ukraine to Russia, including 1,421 children,” he said.
In total, since the beginning of the military special operation in Ukraine, 1,114,318 people have been evacuated, of which 199,348 are children.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense stated that a significant part of the population forcibly held by radicals in the cities of Ukraine is looking for opportunities to evacuate to Russia.