Moscow, 03.07. (Prensa Latina) The head of Russia’s National Center for Defense Management, Mijail Mizintsev, announced today that 29,252 people from Donbass and Ukraine have arrived in Russia’s border regions.
“In the last 24 hours, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, 29,252 people, including 3,922 children, were evacuated to the territory of Russia from the dangerous areas of Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR (RPL)),” the military chief told the agency Sputnik.
Mizintsev added that in this way the total number of people evacuated since the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine has increased to 2,265,057, including 356,884 minors.
For its part, the website of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates the number of Ukrainians who have fled the conflict to seek refuge in neighboring countries at more than 8.4 million.
In another order, Mízintsev stated that since March 2, Russian authorities have distributed about 39,000 tons of basic necessities, food and medicines and carried out 1,249 humanitarian operations on Ukrainian territory.
In particular, he added that the day before, six relief operations were carried out in the RPD and RPL, as well as in the Ukrainian province of Zaporizhzhzhia, where 421.7 tons of essential products were delivered to the population.
Russia launched an armed operation in Ukraine on February 24 after authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics requested help to repel rising aggression and intense bombing in Kiev.
Previously, Moscow had recognized the independence and sovereignty of both territories and signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with their leaders, which included the establishment of diplomatic relations and military assistance.
In his informational speech on the start of the operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the goal is to protect the people of Donbass from the abuses and genocide in Kyiv over the past eight years, in addition to “demilitarization” and ” Denazification”. Ukraine.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the military attacks are not aimed at civilian facilities, but are aimed at paralyzing the war infrastructure.