Almost 1.1 million people have been evacuated from Ukraine to Russian territory since the invasion began on February 24, Russian officials said on Tuesday, APA reports citing CNN.
Of that figure, almost 200,000 are children, according to Russia's defense ministry.
Russian authorities said thousands of people have been evacuated in the past 24 hours from "danger areas."
"In the past 24 hours, 11,550 people, including 1,847 children, have been evacuated from danger areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Ukraine to Russian territory without the involvement of Ukrainian authorities," said Russian Colonel-General, Mikhail Mizintsev.
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