Russian MoD: 127 people including foreigners evacuated from Kherson

Moscow, SANA- Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday the evacuation of 127 Russians and foreigners from the Kherson province into Russian territory.

“Russian soldiers secured yesterday the evacuation of 127 citizens of Russia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation.”, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry added that the Russian soldiers secured the evacuation of everyone who expressed their desire to leave the areas of the special military operation by buses or private means of transport, and they were escorted until they entered Russian territory.

The ministry stressed that the evacuation of foreigners is carried out in accordance with the appeals of the embassies of their countries to help ensure the safe evacuation of their citizens from the territory of Ukraine and based on the requests submitted to the Russian military command office in Kherson.

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