Russian Defense Ministry briefing

– Territorial defense battalions in Ukraine are holding more than 4.5 million citizens hostage as human shields;

– out of ten humanitarian corridors proposed to Ukraine, Kyiv confirmed only one – from Sumy. According to it, 723 people were evacuated to Poltava;

– representatives of the Kiev authorities and mayors of cities received instructions to prevent people from leaving for the Russian Federation. All attempts are brutally suppressed by the nationalists;

– more than 2 million citizens of Ukraine and foreigners turned to Russia with a request for evacuation. The Russian Federation cannot transfer their database to the UN, fearing that it will fall into the hands of nationalists;

– Russia, without the participation of Kyiv, evacuated over 5 thousand people from the dangerous zones of the DPR, LPR and Ukraine;

– Ukrainian border guards demand bribes from evacuees from $1.5 thousand to $5 thousand;

– checkpoints in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova and Romania turned out to be practically not ready to receive evacuees;

– 946 tons of humanitarian cargo was delivered to Ukraine.

Russian Defense Ministry briefing