MOSCOW, May 8. /TASS/. More than 19,800 people, including 970 children, were evacuated from dangerous regions in Ukraine, and from the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics to Russia during the day, Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, said on Sunday.

"Despite the difficulties and obstacles created by Kiev, during the day, as many as 19,834 people, including 970 children, were evacuated from dangerous zones in various Ukrainian regions, and from the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics to Russia," he said. "Since the beginning of the special military operation, as many as 1,185,791 people, including 206,610 children, have been evacuated."

According to Mizintsev, more than 9,500 temporary accommodation centers are operating in Russian regions.