“Despite the obstacles created by the Kyiv regime, over the past day, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, 18,573 people, including 3,054 children, have been evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the Donbass republics, and a total of 3,573,411 since the start of the special military operation people, of which 570,601 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.