“Over the past 24 hours, without the participation of the Ukrainian side, 25,286 people, including 3,190 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 – 2,153,078 people, of which 340,358 are children ”, RIA Novosti quotes him.

Earlier, Andrey Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR, said that civilians were being evacuated from Severodonetsk in small groups in order to ensure security. 

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