“Over the past 24 hours, without the participation of the Ukrainian side, 17,474 people, including 2,978 children, have been evacuated from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the republics of Donbass to the territory of the Russian Federation, and a total of 2,170,552 people since the beginning of the special military operation, of which 343,336 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.