“Despite all the difficulties created by official Kyiv, over the past 24 hours, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, 26,531 people, including 3,585 children, have been evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the Donbass republics, and since the beginning of the special military operation — 2,976,342 people, of which 487,413 are children,” Mizintsev said.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that militants of the Ukrainian armed formations mined the sides of an asphalt road near Krivoy Rog and did not notify local residents about this.