“Despite all the difficulties created by official Kyiv, over the past 24 hours, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, 22,412 people, including 3,455 children, were evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the Donbass republics,” he said.

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.