Almost 8,000 Ukrainian refugees enter Rostov region Wednesday

World June 12, 2014, 16:32

Besides, on June 11 the Rostov region’s towns accommodated 687 people, including 282 children

MOSCOW, June 12. /ITAR-TASS/. Almost eight thousand Ukrainian refugees entered Russia’s Rostov region on Wednesday, Russia’s children’s ombudsman Pavel Astakhov wrote in his Twitter.

“Another 9,925 Ukraine’s citizens with children entered the Rostov region on Wednesday. We sent four buses full of people to Russia’s other region (Ukraine’s 181 citizens with children),” Astakhov wrote. “People are running from the war and violence.”

Besides, on June 11 the Rostov region’s towns accommodated 687 people, including 282 children.

“The Rostov region practically does not have opportunities for hosting the refugees,” he stressed. “We are using now the Saratov, Volgograd, Tula, Ryazan and other regions.”

During the week between June 4th and 11th, from Rostov Ukraine’s 1,106 people, including 547 children, were taken to Russia’s other regions.

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