Russian diplomat: More than 5 million residents of Ukraine and Donbass are children. Most of the children came with their parents or other relatives, diplomat says.
Only 2,358 of them were pupils of orphanages in the DPR and LPR, he says. Russian side does not interfere with the contacts of children with relatives, regardless of where they live, diplomat adds.. The children were taken out of Ukraine when there were safe conditions in the country, the diplomat says, adding that they were placed in temporary guardianship.