25 Feb 2022 14:22

Over 110,000 refugees from DPR and LPR now in Russia - Lavrov

MOSCOW. Feb 25 (Interfax) - There are currently more than 110,000 refugees from the Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk (LPR) People's Republics in Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

"We discussed the provision by Russia of humanitarian aid to people who had to temporarily relocate here from the LPR and the DPR due to the endless strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There are currently more than 110,000 refugees from the two republics in Russia," Lavrov said at a press conference after talks with senior officials of the DPR and LPR Foreign Ministries in Moscow on Friday.