“Over the past 24 hours, without the participation of the Ukrainian side, 22,380 people, including 3,615 children, have been evacuated from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the republics of Donbass to the territory of the Russian Federation, and in total since the beginning of the special military operation - 2,048,928 people, of which 325,435 are children ", - said Mizintsev.

Earlier, an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR, Andrey Marochko, previously reported that civilians were being evacuated from Severodonetsk in small groups due to security threats. 

He added that the delivery of humanitarian aid to the city is impossible due to the active phase of hostilities.