A traffic jam of residents of the DPR wishing to enter Russia stretched for 22 kilometers at the Matveev Kurgan checkpoint in the Rostov region. This is reported by TASS with reference to eyewitnesses.

“On the side of the republic, there is a traffic jam for 22 km at the checkpoint,” said an eyewitness.

So far, only women, children and men over 60 can leave the DPR, he added.

Earlier it was reported that the first buses with residents of Donbass, who were evacuated by the authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, arrived in the Rostov region. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, more than 80 buses from Donbass arrived in Russia.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, acting head of the department Alexander Chupriyan, head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova and specialists from the Ministry of Health are currently sent to the Rostov region.

The heads of the DPR and LPR announced the evacuation of the civilian population on February 18. Such a need in the republics was explained by an offensive operation, which is allegedly being prepared by the Ukrainian military.

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