View of Yalta. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 19 On Friday, the Russian military evacuated 112 Russians and foreigners, including citizens of Ukraine and the United States, from the Kherson region to Crimea, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry.
& #34;The day before, 112 citizens of Uzbekistan, Serbia, the United States, Lebanon, Tunisia, Georgia, Ukraine and Russia were delivered from the Kherson region of Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation to the city of Armyansk of the Republic of Crimea, the message says.It is noted that the evacuation was organized at the request of the embassies to assist in ensuring the safe removal of their citizens from Ukraine, as well as at the request of foreigners submitted to the military commandant's office of the Russian Federation in Kherson. the desire to leave the areas of the special military operation, on buses, and then ensured their safety when moving to the territory of the Russian Federation,” the message adds. 
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