OREANDA-NEWS  Evacuation of the population in Crimea is not carried out, messages sent to Crimeans and tourists are fake, Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of the republic on information policy, told RIA Novosti.

"There is no evacuation in Crimea, the messages sent to Crimeans and tourists are fake," he said.
According to him, the Information and Psychological Operations Center, a unit of the Ukrainian special operations forces, is behind the mailing. His task is to sow panic among the population.

Kryuchkov urged everyone to remain calm and trust official sources of information.