Refugees began to be accommodated in the Rostov region, the first buses with evacuees arrived in the region on the evening of February 18, people were accommodated in the Zvezda boarding house in the Neklinovsky district. On the night of February 19, the Rostov authorities announced the arrival of more than 1.2 thousand residents of Donbass. Crimea, Chelyabinsk, Penza, Kaluga and Vladimir regions also expressed their readiness to accept refugees.
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According to the latest data, from the evening of February 18 to the beginning of the day on February 19, more than 1.3 thousand refugees from the LPR and DPR were accommodated in the Rostov region. Of these, more than 600 people are children, reported “RBC Rostov” in the government of the region.
On behalf of President Vladimir Putin, refugees should be paid 10,000 rubles each, the money for this was allocated from the budget. The Rostov region received 5 billion rubles for payments. from the federal budget.
The evacuation of residents takes place against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the Donbass. The leaders of the unrecognized republics have accused Ukraine of preparing an attack, Kiev says they are not planning an attack.