Over 9,000 Donbas residents cross Russian border over past 24 hours - FSB border service

ROSTOV-ON-DON. Feb 24 (Interfax) - Over 9,000 residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic have crossed the border the with over the past 24 hours, the press service of the Rostov region branch of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service said.

"Over 9,000 people evacuated from the Donbas republics crossed the border through checkpoints over the past 24 hours," the press service said in a statement on Thursday.