FMS: More than twenty thousand Ukrainians arrived in Russia for the previous week
The number of Ukrainians visiting the Russian Federation for the previous week increased by more than 20 thousand, said Last news on the first day of the week in the press service of the FMS of Russia.
"Today within the Russian Federation is just about 2, 5 million people in the Ukraine, among them men of military age - 1 million 193 thousand. During the week the Number had increased by more than 20 thousand, " - said the press service.
From South-Eastern regions of Ukraine came to more than 850 thousand people, said in FMS.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat of the citizens of the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 5 thousand civilians. According to the Vice-speaker of the people's Council DND Denis Putilina, during the confrontation in the Donbass died 7 thousand people, the vast majority Of whom were civilians.
On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, as has the number of victims of the conflict. The Ministry of defence of Ukraine said that the APU build up reserves in all areas where combat operations are being conducted. Militias from our side told me that " pushed the front line to defend shelling of residential areas of the cities of the Ukrainian security forces. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believe that the recent events in the Donbass confirm the most serious concerns about the intention of Kiev by force to resolve the situation in the Donbass.