MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. Over 7,500 Ukrainian and foreign civilians requested evacuation from Ukraine to Russia in the past 24 hours, says Russian National Defense Control Center head Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev.

"As of today, our database includes 2,696,239 people who wish to evacuate from almost 2,000 Ukrainian settlements. In the last 24 hours alone, 7,513 Ukrainian citizens and foreigners contacted official Russian structures and the Inter-agency coordination center in particular asking for evacuation to Russia," he said.