“We decided to create such a headquarters and evacuate the residents of the Donetsk region to safer regions ... Article 33 of the Code of Civil Defense of the Population speaks of this form of evacuation as mandatory,” RIA Novosti quoted Vereshchuk as saying on the air of the all-Ukrainian telethon.
According to her, a cold winter awaits the inhabitants of the region, as they do not have gas and normal electricity supply.
She added that there will be no forced resettlement, those who refuse will be asked to sign the appropriate form.
Earlier, Vice Speaker of the State Duma, former Commissioner for Children's Rights in Russia Anna Kuznetsova said that more than 2 thousand orphans have been evacuated from Ukraine to Russia since the start of the special operation, some of them are already returning to institutions in the liberated territories.