This was stated by the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.
“Over the past 24 hours, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, 21,999 people, including 2,351 children, were evacuated from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the republics of Donbass to the territory of the Russian Federation,” Mizintsev said.
According to him, since the start of the special military operation, 1,864,947 people have been evacuated, including 294,636 children.
Mizintsev also said that the Kyiv authorities disrupted a humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians from the Azot plant in Severodonetsk (LPR).