The 2022 evacuation of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic refers to mass evacuation of the residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) to the Russian Federation starting in February 2022.[1][2] As of 22 March, almost 347,000 people had arrived in Russia from the DNR, LNR and Ukraine.[3]