As he noted in his Telegram, almost 2.5 thousand children had already been sent to other Russian regions earlier.

“We have already sent almost 2.5 thousand children to Penza, Tambov, Kaluga, Astrakhan, Samara and Moscow regions... This week we are sending new groups of children to health camps in Lipetsk, Tula, Nizhny Novgorod... more than 5.4 in total thousands of boys and girls,” he pointed out.

Earlier it was reported that Belgorod authorities will install 100 additional shelters near hospitals, train stations and in neighborhoods that are most often shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.