Over 34,500 people evacuated to Russia from Ukraine in past 24 hours without Kyiv's participation - Russian military

MOSCOW. March 11 (Interfax) - More than 34,500 people have been evacuated from dangerous zones in various Ukrainian regions and from the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics (LPR/DPR) without the participation of the Kyiv authorities, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center Mikhail Mizintsev said at a press briefing on Friday.

"In the past 24 hours, 34,555 people, including 3,562 children, were evacuated from dangerous zones in various Ukrainian regions and the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics without Ukraine's involvement," Mizintsev said.

"In total, more than 223,000 people, including 50,258 children, have already been evacuated since the launch of the special military operation," he said.

"The state border of the Russian Federation was crossed by 23,253 personal vehicles, of which, 1,249 crossed in the past day," Mizintsev said.

"Besides, today the Russian Armed Forces have ensured the security of a humanitarian convoy consisting of 13 buses and 130 private cars carrying 957 refugees from the city of Enerhodar to Zaporizhzhya, as well as having evacuated over 62,000 refugees from Sumy toward Poltava during the day," he said.