Refugees from the Kherson region at the Armyansk checkpoint on the Russian-Ukrainian border in CrimeaMOSCOW, 15 Mar. Russia, without the participation of the Kiev authorities, evacuated about 260,000 people, including 56,000 children, from dangerous zones in Ukraine, as well as from the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on Tuesday .»Despite all the obstacles put up by the nationalist battalions and official Kiev to the withdrawal of citizens, without the participation of the Ukrainian side over the past day, 11,372 people were evacuated from dangerous zones in various regions of Ukraine, as well as the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics, including 1,873 children, and in total, since the beginning of the special military operation, there are already 258,791 people, of which 56,180 are children,» Mizintsev said. He added that 1,368 private cars crossed the Russian border in a day, and more than 29,000 over the entire period of the special operation.» Over the past day, thanks to the unprecedented security measures taken by the Russian Armed Forces, it was possible to ensure public corridors and evacuate 36,721 citizens in the Zhytomyr, Luhansk, Donetsk and Mariupol directions, traveling by bus and private car from various settlements to the western regions of Ukraine,» Mizintsev said.
View from Kyiv: Ukraine really needs denazificationUkrainian nationalists continue to hold hostage 7,070 citizens from 22 foreign countries, as well as the crews of 70 foreign ships, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said on Tuesday. militants of the territorial defense battalions continue to have 7,070 citizens from 22 foreign states, as well as the crews of 70 foreign ships blocked in the seaports of Ukraine,” Mizintsev said. work with representatives of the relevant diplomatic departments. «At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities still do not respond to the appeals of foreign states to rescue their compatriots in distress,» the general said.
Ukraine used the «silence mode» to move military equipmentMore than 9.5 thousand temporary accommodation points continue to operate in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. More than 18.5 thousand tons of essential items, food, and medicines have been prepared at collection points. The Russian side is creating all the necessary conditions for a peaceful and safe life, unimpeded access of the population to humanitarian assistance is provided. At the same time, he noted, the Kyiv authorities, on the contrary, continue to force people to stay in their homes and allow evacuation only to the western regions of Ukraine or neighboring European countries, deliberately not notifying the civilian population of the possibility of evacuation to the Russian Federation. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.»Nationalists are acting according to the methodology of overseas masters, Peskov said. For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized. As of March 15, more than 4 thousand military infrastructure facilities were destroyed, as well as more than 100 other armored combat vehicles, 127 multiple rocket launchers and 156 drones, including the Turkish Bayraktar TB2. The territory around the Chernobyl (mothballed) and Zaporozhye (operating) nuclear power plants was taken under control. Eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, and work is underway to restore water supply to Crimea.»Ridiculous» genocide: why Europe does not see the Nazis in Ukraine Among the Ukrainian side, according to the Russian military department, the losses are many times higher: more than 2,870 killed and about 3,700 wounded. Foreign mercenaries fighting for Ukraine are also liquidated: according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, up to 180 foreign «Soldier of Fortune» As noted in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, «there will be no mercy for mercenaries, wherever they may be.» These statistics take into account, among other things, losses in the territories of the DPR and LPR, which, according to UNHCHR estimates, account for 26 dead and 130 injured. not included in these statistics. In this context, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasyl Nebenzya noted that US Deputy Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo, losing sight of this information, “obviously took a side in this conflict.” Against the backdrop of hostilities in a large number of cities and villages of Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lays responsibility for this on the Kiev authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors, as well as local nationalists, in some cases, according to the military department, holding civilians as human shields.
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