MOSCOW, June 3. /TASS/. The Russian Federation accepted over 20,000 people, including over 3,000 children, evacuated from dangerous zones of Ukraine and the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR and LPR), the Russian National Defense Control Center chief, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, has said.
"Despite all hindrances that are being created by Kiev, a total of 20,270 people, including 3,185 children, were evacuated to Russia in the past 24 hours from dangerous areas of Ukraine and the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, without the Ukrainian government’s participation," said Mizintsev, who also heads Russia's interagency coordination center for humanitarian response in Ukraine.
The total number of evacuees since the start of the special military operation stands at 1,615,457 people, including 263,004 children," he added.
"A total of 231,845 personal vehicles have crossed the Russian border so far, including 3,444 in the past 24 hours," Mizintsev said.
In the past 24 hours, 63 requests for evacuation to Russia were received from Ukrainian and foreign nationals via various channels set by official structures and public organizations of the Russian Federation. "The database already includes 2,757,351 such requests received from 2,137 settlements of Ukraine," Mizintsev said.