Evacuated residents of Alyoshki, who have expressed their desire to leave for Ukraine, departed from Anapa Airport to Gomel, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“Residents of the settlement of Alyoski, who expressed a desire to leave for Ukraine following their evacuation as part of a humanitarian mission, took a flight from Anapa Airport to Gomel Airport in Belarus, accompanied by Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets,” the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry added that the evacuees at the issue are transported by military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.