On 24 August 606 Ukrainian citizens escaped from the combat zone and arrived to Irkutsk region for permanent residence. According to Valentina Voblikova, the Deputy Chairperson of the regional government, there are 175 children among the arrived , 20 of them are infants under 1 year, 37 – from year to three, 88 – of school age. There are also 344 people of working age, and 49 of retirement age including 3 disabled persons. Almost all the people lived in Lugansk region.

The staff and volunteers of RRC Irkutsk regional branch, the staff of the Ministry of Social Development, the guardianship authorities of Angara region, the Russian EMERCOM in Irkutsk, the police, medical personnel came to meet a passenger train on the railway station Irkutsk – Passenger.

RC volunteers helped refugees to carry things, supplied them with water. The psychologist of RC Irkutsk regional branch was also in the group to assist the arrived people with psychological support.

At the moment the Ukrainian refugees’ families arrived to Irkutsk region are housed in temporary accommodation centers and provided with the usual conditions of life.