Ukrainian residents evacuated from Mariupol along the humanitarian corridor at a temporary accommodation facility in the village of Bezymennoe in the Donetsk People's Republic. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 20The Russian Federation evacuated more than 16,000 people, including over 2,000 children, from dangerous regions of this country, as well as the DPR and LPR, from the dangerous regions of this country, as well as the DPR and LPR, in a day, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on Sunday. «Over the past 24 hours, without the participation of the Kiev authorities, 16,434 people were evacuated to Russia from dangerous regions of Ukraine, the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, including 2,389 children, in total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 330,686 people, of which 68,983 children» , — said Mizintsev. He specified that 1,815 private cars crossed the Russian border in a day, and in total since the start of the special operation, already 38,525. Mizintsev said that from 10 am on March 20, the Russian side opened and ensured the safety of humanitarian corridors in Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkov directions. One corridor was opened in the direction of Russia and one through the territories controlled by the Kiev authorities towards the western borders of Ukraine. «The Ukrainian side continues to categorically prevent the evacuation of civilians and foreign citizens to the territory of the Russian Federation. humanitarian corridors — in the Kiev, Kharkiv and Zaporozhye directions,» added the head of the National Center for Defense Control of the RF Armed Forces.216 people were evacuated from Mariupol to the territory of the DPR per day. The Russian Armed Forces, according to him, strictly observe «quiet regimes» on all routes without exception, including those declared by Kiev. At the same time, systematic shelling of humanitarian convoys and attempts to shift responsibility for this to units of the Russian troops, as well as the DPR and LPR, continue from the Ukrainian side, Mizintsev noted. «At all checkpoints, the Russian side continues to maintain on a permanent basis the necessary number of buses to transport refugees to selected destinations, as well as to temporary accommodation points, where all citizens arriving in Russia are provided with hot meals, medical and psychological assistance is immediately provided» , — he stressed. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DNR and LNR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. 7 million Ukrainians want to evacuate to Russia
